Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scaffoldy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scaf-foldy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a building or a wall: covered in or looking like a scaffold.

Informal

adj

Resembling a scaffold.

Informal

Example Sentences

""The result has rather a scaffoldy and incomplete appearance, which would be happily remedied by the coloring brush and a few shadings, easily thrown in, but the measurements are correct, and the proportions and the relations of the several of the several buildings to one another, are accurately represented.""
"Evan pushed the twist of hair off his forehead and regarded the shadow. It was long and straight and lean and scaffoldy, like a cross on a spire."

Etymology

From scaffold + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scaffold

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more scaffoldy (comparative) most scaffoldy (superlative)

Questions

What does scaffoldy mean?: Of a building or a wall: covered in or looking like a scaffold.
Where does scaffoldy come from?: From scaffold + -y.

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