Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sweet-potatoey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sweet--pota-toey
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of sweet potatoes.

Informal

Example Sentences

"sweet-potatoey flavour"
"The rain forest may be loaded with all kinds of edible fruits like […] the giant irregularly oblong green fruit called mbé (Anonidium mannii) that falls with a far-carrying head-crushing thud and whose orange flesh with its sweet-potatoey flavor is so rich in protein that in a real fix its ripe pasty flesh eaten salted and spiced with chilies makes a delicious substitute meal."

Etymology

From sweet potato + -ey.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sweet potato
Suffix: -ey

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more sweet-potatoey (comparative) most sweet-potatoey (superlative)

Questions

What does sweet-potatoey mean?: Resembling or characteristic of sweet potatoes.
Where does sweet-potatoey come from?: From sweet potato + -ey.

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