Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

featy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: featy
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

adj

Of wool: having a number of coarse, shorter white hairs mixed in with the finer wool, or (by extension) in any bad condition.

Obsolete

adj

Of wool: having been exposed to damp and rotted, though appearing unchanged.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Featy adj. pretty, neat."
"Featy adj. 1. Applied to wool; when a number of coarse short white hairs are mixed with the finer wool of the fleece - called also kempy"
"Featy adj. 2. This word expressed a particular kind of injury to which wool or woollen cloth is liable if left long in the damp - it seems to be rotten as to strength, while in appearance there is little change."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more featy (comparative) most featy (superlative)

Questions

What does featy mean?: Pretty; neat.

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