Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cobwebby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: cob-web-by
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having many cobwebs.

adj

Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.

adj

Old or dated.

Example Sentences

"Off this landing and over the studio was a dark cobwebby place, tangled with wiring, plumbing, ventilation and mystery."
"[…] wonderful images of […] the cobwebby features of Ganymede […]"
"As for changing the TV landscape, almost every programme it screened from 8pm until the early hours in the week beginning 11 August was either a repeat of one of its original transmissions or a re-run of cobwebby sitcoms and dramas it has bought from established terrestrial networks."

Etymology

Etymology tree English cobweb Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cobwebby From cobweb + -y.

Inflected Forms

cobwebbier (comparative) cobwebbiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

cobwebbiness

Synonyms

cobwebbed spider-webby aged hoary obsolete diaphanous filmy gauzy gauze-like gossamer see-through sheer

Questions

What does cobwebby mean?: Having many cobwebs.
Where does cobwebby come from?: Etymology tree English cobweb Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cobwebby From cobweb + -y.

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