hallowe'eny

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"The barn was dim and shadowy in the dusk of the October evening — "very Hallowe'eny," as Max said."
"Thus, as in Villon's "Ballade des pendus," the joy here is largely necrophilic and adolescent-spooky or Hallowe'eny."

Etymology tree English Hallowe'en Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Hallowe'eny From Hallowe'en + -y.

Hallowe'enier (comparative) Hallowe'eniest (superlative) Halloweeny (alternative)

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