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noun US /eɪt/

goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,063 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,635 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

ate in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • They ate it sitting on the kitchen doorstep.

    The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1

  • That made Kiki wonder what sort of food hawks ate.

    The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1

  • So John ate his luncheon in distinguished company, and felt himself for the first time to be somebody.

    The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1

  • They baked the clams and ate them heartily, and then went down to the spring near the shore.

    The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1

  • He ate suppers in those night restaurants where people throw the bottles at each other’s heads after drinking their contents.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

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