Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hatchety

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hatch-ety
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a hatchet.

Example Sentences

"She'd been looking at him throughout his speech, at the lank height of him, the long-fingered, bony hands, the long head, rather hatchety, the deep-set gray eyes."

Etymology

From hatchet + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hatchet

Inflected Forms

more hatchety (comparative) most hatchety (superlative)

Questions

What does hatchety mean?: Resembling a hatchet.
Where does hatchety come from?: From hatchet + -y.

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