woolen
/ˈwʊlən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat."
- "woolen manufactures"
- "a woolen mill"
- "a woolen draper"
- "Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility."
- "Put all the woolens in this basket."
Etymology
From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂welh₁-, wollen, wyllen, *wullīnaz
Usage
- American usage