How do you pronounce waylaid?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌweɪˈleɪd/.

waylaid

/ˌweɪˈleɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

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"I have a jest to execute that I cannot manage alone. Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already 'waylaid – yourself and I will not be there. And when they have the booty, if you and I do not rob them – cut this head off from my shoulders."
"My beloved reader has no doubt in the course of his experience been waylaid by many such a luckless companion"

waylayed (alternative)

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