Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coggery

/ˈkɒɡəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cog-gery
IPA: /ˈkɒɡəɹi/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

trick; deception

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Therefore can I not but often smile in my sleeue to heare and see the Iesuits coggery in euery thing […]"

Etymology

From cog + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cog

Usage

Inflected Forms

coggeries (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce coggery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɒɡəɹi/.
What does coggery mean?: trick; deception
Where does coggery come from?: From cog + -ery.

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