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Definition of Double-u
1. Noun. The 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet.
Group relationships: Latin Alphabet, Roman Alphabet
Generic synonyms: Alphabetic Character, Letter, Letter Of The Alphabet
Definition of Double-u
1. Noun. (Latn-def en name W w) ¹
2. Noun. The WC; the toilet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-u
Literary usage of Double-u
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... as in name a double U, was still another outgrowth from the single letter
added by the Greeks to the tail of the Phoenician alphabet. ..."
2. Jokes for All Occasions: Selected and Ed. by One of America's Foremost (1922)
"I spell it: 0 double t, i double u, e double I, double u, double o, d."
SPINSTERHOOD The old colored mammy took advantage of a wedding announcement to ..."
3. The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown (1851)
"If any change is desirable in our present names of the letters, it is that we
may have a shorter and simpler term in stead of double-u. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1869)
"5' Double U, double 0, double D, E, R, 0, double U, double F, E.” Old Riddle Rhyme.
As afurther illustration to what I have written some time ago about this ..."
5. English Words as Spoken and Written: Designed to Teach the Powers of Letters by James A. Bowen (1900)
"The following are the names of the consonants : — bee, cee, dee, gee, jay, kay,
pee, eff, nitch, ell, em, en, qu, tee, vee, zee. ar, ess, double-u, eks, ..."
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