How to pronounce woodwose
American English pronunciation
WOOD-wohz
- IPA
- /ˈwʊdˌwoʊz/
- Syllables
- WOOD · wohz (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What woodwose means
A wild, hairy man of the woods in old legends
In a sentence: Carved on the old wooden chest was a woodwose with leaves tangled in his shaggy hair.
Where it comes from: It goes back to wuduwasa, an Old English name for this creature that starts with the word for wood.
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