dickey
/ˈdɪki/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.89 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of dicky.
adj
Alternative form of dicky (“doubtful, troublesome, in poor condition”).
name
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
name
A small city in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
Example Sentences
- "...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on the dickey."
- "Every Sunday night at eight o'clock punctually the form of David Emmons, arrayed in his best clothes, with his stiff white dickey, and a nosegay in his buttonhole, was seen to advance up the road toward Maria Brewster's, as he had been seen to advance every Sunday night for the last twenty-five years, but that was all."
Etymology
From Dickey.