Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lack-all

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: lack--all
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who has nothing; a destitute person.

Example Sentences

"To these outcast soldiers of his, unregimented roving banditti for the present, or unworking workhouse prisoners who are almost uglier than banditti; to these floods of Irish Beggars, Able-bodied Paupers, and nomadic Lackalls, now stagnating or roaming everywhere, drowning the face of the world (too truly) into an untenantable swamp and Stygian quagmire, has the Chief Governor of this country no word whatever to say?"
"Thus feel both the labourers and the lack-alls who do not labour, and partly both have a just grievance and a true quarrel against society."

Etymology

From lack + -all.

Inflected Forms

lack-alls (plural) lackall (alternative)

Derived Forms

lackallism

Synonyms

pauper

Questions

What does lack-all mean?: One who has nothing; a destitute person.
Where does lack-all come from?: From lack + -all.

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