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wadmal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wad-mal
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: wadmal, váðmál

Usage

Inflected Forms

wadmals (plural) wadmaal (alternative) wadmeal (alternative) wadmel (alternative) wadmell (alternative) wadmol (alternative) wadmoll (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

wad weed

Questions

What does wadmal mean?
Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.
Where does wadmal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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