wordhoard
US/ˈwɜɹdˌhoɹd/
wordhoard noun: vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person.
Noun
wordhoard (plural wordhoards)
- Vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person.
- Wordiness is not usually considered a virtue any more than impurity is; but words are the wealth of English, and the riches of its word-hoard are only paralleled by the riches of the Anglo-American nations.1930, Janet Rankin Aiken, “English the world over”, in The Bookman, London, page 67
- Emerson came, unlocking his word hoard on nature and friendship and compensation, and irradiating his thoughts'with that peculiar slow smile that was like the emerging of the sun from behind a cloud.1940 January 4, The Cairns Post, Qld, page 3, column 3
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Synonyms of wordhoard
Forms of wordhoard
| plural | wordhoards |
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| alternative form | word-hoard |
Origin of wordhoard
A modern revival of Old English wordhord (“treasury of words”). Compare Dutch woordenschat, German Wortschatz. By surface analysis, word + hoard.
Questions about wordhoard
- What does wordhoard mean?
- Wordhoard means vocabulary; the totality of words of a language or a person.
- What part of speech is wordhoard?
- Wordhoard is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wordhoard?
- Wordhoard is pronounced /ˈwɜɹdˌhoɹd/ (US).
- What is the plural of wordhoard?
- The plural of wordhoard is wordhoards.
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