Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wideawake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: wideawake
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird, the sooty tern.

noun

A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.

name

Ascension Island

American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"1884, Henry James, "The Author of Beltraffio" in The English Illustrated Magazine 1 (9–10) (June–July 1884). "He carried his benevolence to the point of coming to meet me at the little station at which I was to alight, and my heart beat very fast as I saw his handsome face, surmounted with a soft wide-awake, and which I knew by a photograph long since enshrined upon my mantel shelf, scanning the carriage windows as the train rolled up.""
"1912, Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories" Wisps of white hair straggled from under his wideawake […]"

Etymology

* From wide awake. * (hat): From a pun in Punch magazine, relating to the fact that the hat had no nap.

Usage

American usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

wideawakes (plural) wide-awake (alternative)

Synonyms

wideawake hat

Questions

What does wideawake mean?: A bird, the sooty tern.
Where does wideawake come from?: * From wide awake. * (hat): From a pun in Punch magazine, relating to the fact that the hat had no nap.

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