wanderword
/ˈwɑndɚˌwɔɹd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Considering the mileage it has achieved as a horizon wanderword in divers shapes representable as sV(l)mV(n)-, the Latin salmo (salmonis) cited by Pliny and Ausonius is vexing as regards its etymology, a quality it shares with many other Roman and Greek [...]"
- "It is perhaps, therefore, a late 'wander-word' of the southeast of the IE world, Semitic and Sumerian."
- "In this general context, Mallory's dismissal (1989, 150) of this “comparison that simply will not go away” as a mere “wander word” clearly illustrates his ideological position."
- "Like the static Bangla she describes in the extract above — and like the traditional mother — Mukherjee's wanderwords usually stay at home, in narrative strands set in India, their local colour harmoniously interwoven with her fiction's literary English."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɑndɚˌwɔɹd/
- British English: /ˈwɒndəˌwɔːd/