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umberella

umberella noun: umbrella.

Noun

umberella (plural umberellas)

  1. (colloquial, dated) umbrella
    • When days and years proclaim you’re old —
      A dottle, cripple, gouty fellow,
      Then for support you can lay hold
      O’ the upright of your umberella.1893, David Herschell Edwards, One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, volume 15
    • Come, let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks / Or umberellas in their mitts / Puttin' on the ritz.1946, Fred Astaire, Puttin' On the Ritz (song, based on 1927 version by Irving Berlin)

Forms of umberella

pluralumberellas

Origin of umberella

Formed by epenthesis.

Questions about umberella

What does umberella mean?
Umberella means umbrella.
What part of speech is umberella?
Umberella is a noun.
What is the plural of umberella?
The plural of umberella is umberellas.

Words near umberella in the dictionary

  1. umbelworts
  2. umber
  3. umber bird
  4. umber birds
  5. umbered
  6. umberella
  7. umberellas
  8. Umberger
  9. Umbergers
  10. umbering
  11. Umberleigh

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