fylfot

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪl.fɒt/
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/ˈfɪl.fɒt/ · /ˈfɪl.fɑt/

Definition of fylfot

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
    “Then look at that jade fylfot charm pawned for one-and-three down at the Basin and the use that could have been made of it in the Kharkov 'ritual murder' trial.”
    “Morley: A year and a half ago I stumbled into your gingerbread office, a lost, frightened soul in terrified flight across the great yawning terror of doubt—a human being, in short!—and you chanted some hagridden formulas and danged some fylfots...”
    “There was a coffee tray on top of it, and spilt coffee part hid the fylfot design of the tray.”

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Etymology

Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen (“to fill”) (from Old English fyllan) + fot (“foot”) (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows.

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5-letter words

1 word

4-letter words

2 words

3-letter words

6 words

2-letter words

5 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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