nunnery

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈnʌn(ə)ɹi/

Definition of nunnery

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
See all 4 definitions

noun

  1. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
  2. Any convent (religious community) or the buildings thereof.
    “Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?”
  3. (humorous, obsolete, slang)Synonym of brothel.
    “[To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuiledge thenceforward in theyr Nunnery, to procure them frequentance...”
    “To the antipapist Tudors nunnery was a slang term for a brothel.”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery. (brothel): Compare typologically Czech nevěstinec (< nevěstka < nevěsta).

Find your best play with nunnery

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes nunnery, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.