Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gizzardless

/ˈɡɪzə(ɹ)d.lɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: giz-zard-less
IPA: /ˈɡɪzə(ɹ)d.lɪs/

31

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a gizzard; without guts or innards.

adj

Lacking courage, cowardly.

Example Sentences

"This bird has the distinguishing feature of being unlike any of the grouse family, being gizzardless, having no muscular development of that character, but a membranous sac in its place."
"No matter what happened to any one else, Candace had to be pleased: for did not she so manage that most fowls served on mother's table went gizzardless to the carving?"
""Heave harder on that peavy handle, you gizzardless scissor-bill, or I'll put the calks to you!""
"If you think you're in pain now, just wait until you see what tomorrow brings, you gizzardless coward."

Etymology

From gizzard + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gizzard

Questions

How do you pronounce gizzardless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɪzə(ɹ)d.lɪs/.
What does gizzardless mean?: Without a gizzard; without guts or innards.
Where does gizzardless come from?: From gizzard + -less.

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