What does linsey-woolsey mean?

linsey-woolsey means "a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof".

How many syllables are in linsey-woolsey?

linsey-woolsey has 4 syllables: lin-sey--wool-sey. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˈlɪnziˈwʊlzi/.

Is linsey-woolsey a common word?

linsey-woolsey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

linsey-woolsey — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof
Broaderfabric

Questions about linsey-woolsey

What does linsey-woolsey mean?: linsey-woolsey means "a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof".
How many syllables are in linsey-woolsey?: linsey-woolsey has 4 syllables: lin-sey--wool-sey. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˈlɪnziˈwʊlzi/.
Is linsey-woolsey a common word?: linsey-woolsey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for linsey-woolsey come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof
Broaderfabric

Questions about linsey-woolsey

What does linsey-woolsey mean?: linsey-woolsey means "a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof".
How many syllables are in linsey-woolsey?: linsey-woolsey has 4 syllables: lin-sey--wool-sey. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /ˈlɪnziˈwʊlzi/.
Is linsey-woolsey a common word?: linsey-woolsey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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