Edsel
pronunciation
How to pronounce Edsel in British English:
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Word Origin
- Edsel
- notoriously unsuccessful make of car, introduced 1956 and named for Henry and Clara Ford's only child; figurative sense of "something useless and unwanted" is almost as old. Edsel is a family name, attested since 14c. (William de Egeshawe), from High Edser in Ewhurst, Surrey.
Example
- 1. Ford put edsel out of its misery shortly after the start of the 1959 model year
- 2. Bill and his cousin edsel beat back the effort and placed their faith in mulally .
- 3. He says the edsel was the most modern car of its time .
- 4. In november 1893 , clara gave birth to their first and only child , edsel .
- 5. He went on his honeymoon in an edsel , with one arm on the wheel and the other around his new wife .