lidden
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of lidden
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (archaic)A noise or din.
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noun
- (archaic)A noise or din.
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(archaic, dialectal)A saying, song or story.
“She kept up this lidden all through breakfast, and the meal was no sooner cleared away than she slipped on a shawl and stepped across to the churchyard to discuss the robbery.”
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Etymology
From earlier leaden, ledden, leden, from Middle English leden, liden, lyden, from Old English lēoden, lȳden (“speech, language”), related to Scots leid (“language”). See leid. Alternative etymology derives lidden from…
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From earlier leaden, ledden, leden, from Middle English leden, liden, lyden, from Old English lēoden, lȳden (“speech, language”), related to Scots leid (“language”). See leid. Alternative etymology derives lidden from Old English hlȳd, hlȳden (“sound, noise, clamour, din”) or Old Norse hljóð (“sound, clap, roar, ringing, tone, tune”). Compare also Old English lēoþ (“song, tune, poem”).
Words you can make from lidden
38 playable · top: DINDLE (8 pts)
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