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whitgift

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
whit-gift
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Ellipsis of Whitgift School, a prestigious public school for boys in Croydon.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Hwīta or the Old Norse personal name Hvíti + Old Norse gipt (“gift, dowry”) or Old English ġift (“dowry”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, gipt, ġift

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Whitgifts (plural)

Derived Forms

Whitgiftian

Questions

What does whitgift mean?
A village in Twin Rivers parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8122).
Where does whitgift come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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