damsel
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of damsel
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A young woman (of noble birth).
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noun
- A young woman (of noble birth).
- A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
- A young woman who is not married.
- An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
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A young, attractive woman.
“And here I might (if I followed the example of most travellers) launch out into a glowing description of the charms of these damsels, the elegant costumes they wore, and the gold and silver ornaments with which they were adorned. The jacket or body of purple gauze would figure well in such a description, allowing the heaving bosom to be seen beneath it, while "sparkling eyes," and "jetty tresses," and "tiny feet" might be thrown in profusely. But, alas!”
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A chattering damsel (component of a mill).
“The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]”
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Etymology
From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.
Words you can make from damsel
93 playable · top: LAMEDS (9 pts)
Best play lameds 9 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
35 words- DAME 7 pts
- DAMS 7 pts
- MADE 7 pts
- MADS 7 pts
- MEAD 7 pts
- MEDS 7 pts
- MELD 7 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ALMS 6 pts
- ELMS 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- LAMS 6 pts
- MAES 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MELS 6 pts
- MESA 6 pts
- SAME 6 pts
- SEAM 6 pts
- SLAM 6 pts
- DALE 5 pts
- DALS 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DELS 5 pts
- ELDS 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LADS 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- SLED 5 pts
- ALES 4 pts
- LASE 4 pts
- LEAS 4 pts
- SALE 4 pts
- SEAL 4 pts
3-letter words
28 words2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
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