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- [shit-uh]
- /ˈʃɪt ə/
- /ʃˈɪtə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shit-uh]
- /ˈʃɪt ə/
Definitions of shittah word
- noun plural shittah a tree, said to be an acacia, probably Acacia seyal, that yielded the shittim wood of the Old Testament. 1
- noun shittah a tree mentioned in the Old Testament, thought to be either of two Asian acacias, Acacia seyal or A. tortilis, having close-grained yellow-brown wood 0
- noun shittah a tree mentioned in the Bible, now generally identified as an Asiatic acacia (Acacia seyal or A. tortils) with closegrained, yellowish-brown wood 0
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Origin of shittah
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15, shittah is from the Hebrew word shiṭṭāh
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Parts of speech for Shittah
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shittah popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% 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.
shittah usage trend in Literature
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