wamble-cropped
/ˈwɑmb(ə)lˌkɹɑpt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[A prattler or babbler] inquireth further, hovv many columnes are in the Odeus: and yeſterday he ſayth, I vvas vvamble-cropt, and (ſauing your preſence) parbrak't: And vvhat day of the moneth is this? But if any man lend him attention, he ſhall neuer be cleare of him."
- "When she'd read her letter through, she went into the house agin, looking as peaked and wamble-cropped as a sick lamb."
- "I rode over early to ask if you'd put up for the Wilton hunt, and found your furniture here unpackin' and Dennis lookin' on, like a wamble-cropped sentryman."
- "He was wamble-cropped in the bowels, complaining of stomach pains and cramps, followed by bouts of uncontrollable diarrhea."
- "Mornings, they craunch clove / stems to freshen raffish breath. The buck- / fever, wamble-cropped air swells with / the spiced aroma, humming like a / pawky gadabout through cough-filled halls."
- "They went off grumbling, and consarnedly wamble-cropped, for a reward had been offered for the purty French gal's brother, and the etarnal scamp meant to git his revenge on her and money to boot."
Etymology
From wamble (“uneasiness in the stomach; nausea”) + crop (“(Britain, dialectal, especially Scotland) stomach”) + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives).
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: -ed
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɑmb(ə)lˌkɹɑpt/
- British English: /ˈwɒmb(ə)lˌkɹɒpt/
Inflected Forms
more wamble-cropped (comparative)
most wamble-cropped (superlative)
wamble-cropt (alternative)
womblety-cropped (alternative)