Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cripply

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crip-ply
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

lame; disabled; crippled

Example Sentences

"When my mistress brought back the news of the little fellow's death, his poor mother, who was but a sickly, cripply sort of body, just broke her heart and died […]"

Etymology

From cripple + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cripple

Inflected Forms

more cripply (comparative) most cripply (superlative)

Questions

What does cripply mean?: lame; disabled; crippled
Where does cripply come from?: From cripple + -y.

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