Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

woadster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: woad-ster
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who dyes with woad

Example Sentences

"If you come across a man called Wadster you can be fairly sure that his ancestors were woadsters and dealt in blue dye."
"As to the blue-dyeing, I think it would be certainly a very good think to get a woadster over; though you know the old books all say that the woad vat is not good for silk: I don't know why, unless perhaps that the lime is bad for it: still he might help us in setting a potash vat (Cuve-d-Inde)."

Etymology

From Middle English wodester, equivalent to woad (“to dye with woad”) + -ster.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wodester

Inflected Forms

woadsters (plural)

Questions

What does woadster mean?: One who dyes with woad
Where does woadster come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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