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dogberry

/ˈdɔɡˌbɛɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.41 in modern English

Syllables
dog-ber-ry
IPA
/ˈdɔɡˌbɛɹi/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The berry of the dogwood.

noun

Clintonia borealis (yellow clintonia)

noun

A pompous, foolish or self-important official.

Example Sentences

Etymology

See dogwood and berry. Compare also dog rose. Compare German Hundbeere (“bittersweet”), Ancient Greek κυνόσβατος (kunósbatos, “evergreen rose”), Lithuanian šùnobelė (“buckthorn”), Italian mela canina (“mandrake”).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdɔɡˌbɛɹi/
  • British English: /ˈdɒɡbəɹi/

Inflected Forms

dogberries (plural)

Derived Forms

Dogberryism

Questions

How do you pronounce dogberry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɔɡˌbɛɹi/.
What does dogberry mean?
The berry of the dogwood.
Where does dogberry come from?
See dogwood and berry. Compare also dog rose. Compare German Hundbeere (“bittersweet”), Ancient Greek κυνόσβατος (kunósbatos, “evergreen rose”), Lithuanian šùnobelė (“buckthorn”), Italian mela canina (“mandrake”).

How to pronounce dogberry

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