housekept

house·keep

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hous-keep]
- /ˈhaʊsˌkip/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hous-keep]
- /ˈhaʊsˌkip/

Definitions of housekept word

verb without object housekept to keep or maintain a house. 1
noun housekept Simple past tense and past participle of housekeep. 1

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Origin of housekept

First appearance:

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

First recorded in 1835-45; back formation from housekeeping

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Parts of speech for Housekept

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Housekept

housekept popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

housekept usage trend in Literature

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