babushki
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "God knows how many babushki standing behind the shutters of their cottages had seen her."
- "Private plots are to be allowed to flourish, and a great many babushki will be replaced by machinery and permitted to retire."
- "“So, two babushki are riding the electric train. One says, ‘Oi, there is so little rain this year the cucumbers are only this big.’ ” Alyosha holds up his palms, two inches apart. “ ‘Don’t worry, dear,’ the deaf babushka says, ‘the most important thing is that a man be good.’ ”"
- "Three babushki with huge brooms approach distressed with my tears, “Stop crying. No one likes to see a woman cry, you must stop.[…]”"
- "Two babushki huddle on a bench, tapestry bags between fat knees, and they shift to make room for him and Lena."
- "One day, after having been advised by two babushki on the metro that Aarno’s boots were on the wrong feet (this time, at least, they were not), Nicole and I joined our new friends, Irina and Vera, two children’s psychologists, with our cranky one-year-old."
Etymology
From Russian ба́бушки (bábuški).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ба́бушки