stor

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
The Quæstor, as has been said, was the Public Orator of the State.

View all »
Definitions (3)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

  1. A Middle English form of stoor.
  2. Incense. Thet Stor signefied Gode werkes, for ase se smech of the store wanne hit is i-do into the ueréé and goth upward to the heuene and to Gode warde Swo amuntel si gode biddinge to gode of tho herte of tho gode cristenemanne. Old Eng. Misc. (ed. Morris), p. 28.

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

 

Tags

stor hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 42 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Saxon stōr, incense, storax (= Welsh ystor, resin, rosin), from Latin storax, storax: see storax.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a year.

Recently looked up

PENS · coruscating · idel · typifying · sonar

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Im dichten Fichtendickicht sind dicke Fichten wichtig. · Häufungspunkte · superkalifragilistischexpiallegetisch · wub wub · merch