sconce
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Is sconce a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of sconce?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (Oxford University slang) An act of sconcing; very similar to a fine at Cambridge University, though a sconce is the act of issuing a penalty rather than the penalty itself.Examples: "."; "The table opposite started singing "shit sconce, shit scone^([sic]), shit sconce, shit sconce" […]"Synonyms: sconcing
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.Examples: "The Rector sconced him in the buttery-book, but Webberly “wiped it off, with irreverent and unbeseeming language.” For this, he had to apologise, and go without his commons for three months."obsolete
2. (Oxford University slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink; similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University.Examples: "I sconce anyone who has ever…"
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.Examples: "one that […] must raise a sconce by the highway and sell switches"obsolete
2. (architecture) A squinch.
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) to shut within a sconce; to imprison.obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary