clayeyness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] it destroys acidity already in the soil, and prevents the evolution of more from stagnant water; it corrects excessive sandiness by its clay, and excessive clayeyness by its sand […]"
- "This black soil is of superior richness probably owing to the mixture of particles of red soil, which, without changing the appearance and character of the black soil, lessen its clayeyness and increase its power of taking in water."
- "If it were possible to control these variables, then differences in clayeyness of fluvial sequences of different geological age might be apparent."
Etymology
Etymology tree English clayey Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English clayeyness From clayey + -ness.