Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slatty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slat-ty
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slatted, having slats.

adj

adj

Obsolete form of slaty.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"... slatty wood door. Can only see the roof and garden and a gravel pathway."
"... slatty wood planks on a crude stone foundation, and a concrete-block Masonic Lodge."
""[…] slatty kind of door." "Damper," Bruce corrected him. "Well, it was also locked.""
"I can imagine an angel named Marjorie- an angel with- "A red nose," Susan put in, "a thin, slatty looking angel.""
"[…] slatty wench, no longer young, And mostly eyes and ears and tongue, She gallops; joyous and alert To ferret out the latest dirt. February 6, 1942 No Horned Heads Sweet peace eludes the grasp of little v 7 v Have You Met Miss Pry?"
"[…] stony, slatty Sort of Marl, called by some Slat, and by others Dice-Marl, which must be dug with Pick-ax and Crow, and riseth in great Blocks, as much as two Men can carry."

Etymology

From slat + -y.

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does slatty mean?: Slatted, having slats.
Where does slatty come from?: From slat + -y.

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