Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wolven

/wˈʊlvən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: wol-ven
IPA: /wˈʊlvən/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.

noun

A wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.

Example Sentences

"But the shepherd does protect the sheep from the wolf: therefore, few fall to feed the wolven cubs, the remaining sheep living long to rear more lambs and provide us with wool."
"Not a very wolven gesture, but somehow apropos."
"“What I mean is, this marking you and hiding you away, it's very wolven. [...]""
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:wolven."

Etymology

From Middle English wolven, *wilven, *wulven, perhaps continuing Old English wylfen (“wolfish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wulfīn (“wolfish”), equivalent to wolf + -en. Piecewise doublet of lupine.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wolven, wylfen, *wulfīn

Inflected Forms

more wolven (comparative) most wolven (superlative) wolvens (plural)

Synonyms

wolfen

Questions

How do you pronounce wolven?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈʊlvən/.
What does wolven mean?: Of or pertaining to wolves; wolflike; wolfish.
Where does wolven come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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