Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

car-handed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: car-hand-ed
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Farm labourers are apt to turn back from their work and go to bed on meeting a car-handed neighbour, he says."

Etymology

Northern and Scottish dialects from Scottish Gaelic caerr (“awkward”) + handed.

Origin

Source language: Scottish Gaelic

Word Breakdown

Root: caerr

Questions

What does car-handed mean?: Left-handed.
Where does car-handed come from?: It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce car-handed

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