11th commandment
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.09 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A well-known convention (often the most well-known of a certain field) which supposedly can not or should not be broken.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of 11th commandment.
Example Sentences
- "A “hood,” he said, isn’t necessarily a neighborhood, adding that the same culture is seen on Wall Street, “where the 11th commandment is ‘Thou shalt not get caught.’ ”"
- "Some of the accused did not know Basil’s real identity; the others stuck by the old-school criminal’s 11th commandment, “Thou shalt not grass.”"
Etymology
In reference to the biblical Ten Commandments, carrying the implication that the convention is of very high importance (similar to the Ten Commandments).