Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tou-s-ly
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of tousled.

Example Sentences

"A little untidy thing, with tously hair and no style about her, and she was poking down among the roots of those big elm-trees, looking for mosses."

Etymology

From tousle + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tousle

Inflected Forms

more tously (comparative) most tously (superlative)

Synonyms

tousled

Questions

What does tously mean?: Synonym of tousled.
Where does tously come from?: From tousle + -y.

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