Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yoke-devil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: yoke-dev-il
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A companion devil.

Archaic

Example Sentences

""Pride an' ignorance be the yoke-devils as have drawed you into this fix," said Chugg bluntly."
"Yet it is characteristic of treason and murder among the great that the yoke-devils are not at once noticed by those not directly involved."

Etymology

From yoke + devil.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

yoke-devils (plural)

Questions

What does yoke-devil mean?: A companion devil.
Where does yoke-devil come from?: From yoke + devil.

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