Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vellie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vel-lie
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Slang

Example Sentences

"In the cool of evening I noticed Army officers were wearing slacks and vellies but no socks."

Etymology

Clipping of veldskoen + -ie.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ie

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

vellies (plural)

Questions

What does vellie mean?: Veldskoen.
Where does vellie come from?: Clipping of veldskoen + -ie.

How to pronounce vellie

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