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foresighty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fore-sighty
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Foresighted; provident; cautious; careful.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From foresight + -y. Cognate with Scots foresichtie, forsichty, Dutch voorzichtig, German vorsichtig.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more foresighty (comparative) most foresighty (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

foresight foresightly

Questions

What does foresighty mean?
Foresighted; provident; cautious; careful.
Where does foresighty come from?
From foresight + -y. Cognate with Scots foresichtie, forsichty, Dutch voorzichtig, German vorsichtig.

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