wone
/woʊn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
num
Eye dialect spelling of one.
Example Sentences
- "This I make thi wonnyng playce, / ffull of myrth and of solace"
- "For now the best and noblest knight alive Prince Arthur is, that wonnes in Faerie Lond; He hath a sword, that flames like burning brond."
- "Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned[…]"
- "On the cool height awhile out Palmers ſtay, And ſpite even of themſelves their Senſes chear; Then to the Wizard's Wonne their Steps they ſteer."
- "What secret place (quoth he) can safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eye? Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much gold Thou canst preserve from wrong and robbery?"
Etymology
From Middle English wonen (“to abide, dwell”), from Old English wunian (“to dwell, be accustomed to”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną (“to be wont; dwell”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive; wish; love”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *wenh₁-, wonen, wunian, *wunēn, *wunāną, wone
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /woʊn/
- British English: /wəʊn/