Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wirehaired

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: wire-haired
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having wiry hair.

Example Sentences

"When a neighbor's rottweiler (loose) began mauling her small wirehaired terrier (tied up) for the second time in eight months, Miki Meyer of suburban LaPorte, Indiana, grabbed her video camera and started filming."

Etymology

From wire + haired.

Inflected Forms

more wirehaired (comparative) most wirehaired (superlative)

Questions

What does wirehaired mean?: Having wiry hair.
Where does wirehaired come from?: From wire + haired.

How to pronounce wirehaired

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