Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palpy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: palpy
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Emperor Palpatine, a fictional antagonist in Star Wars.

Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"What we are lead to believe in the plot is that Palpy and Sidious are one and a same person, and that Palpy - as Sidious - arranges for the whole chain of events that lead to the take-over."
"I believe there simply has to be more to this than meets the eyes of the 'Palpy IS Sidious' brigade."
"Well, at first I acutually thought Sidous was Palpy, end of story, then I noticed Senator Palpatine, who apparently turns into Palpy. Sidous has the same voice as Palpy and looks the same of what you see in TPM, but lets face it, the offical^([sic]) web site says the Senator turns into Palpy."

Etymology

Clipping of Palpatine + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: y

Usage

Questions

What does palpy mean?: Emperor Palpatine, a fictional antagonist in Star Wars.
Where does palpy come from?: Clipping of Palpatine + -y.

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