Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yewen

/ˈjuːən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yewen
IPA: /ˈjuːən/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made from the wood of the yew tree.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Thus, in an old code it is written, “and no one shall hunt in the deer forest without the Bishop of Maury’s sanction. But if a knight shall come with many-coloured clothes, with an ermine bonnet and a yewen bow with a silken string, with arrows whose shafts are feathered with peacocks’ feathers, and with a snow-white hound with long pendent ears, led in a silken leash, such an one shall be aided to do his will, and without let or hindrance.”"

Etymology

From Middle English *ewen, from Old English īwen (“made of yew, yewen”). By surface analysis, yew + -en.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *ewen, īwen

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

eughen (alternative, obsolete)

Homonyms

Euan Ewan Ewen Iwan

Rhymes With

ewan mcewen mcewan siouan skewen soon june afternoon moon man in the moon blue moon tune

Questions

How do you pronounce yewen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjuːən/.
What does yewen mean?: Made from the wood of the yew tree.
Where does yewen come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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