eddy
/ˈɛd.i/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.47 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
name
A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "In the bow old Dobbs fought the stream cunningly, twisting the nose into eddies and backwaters, taking advantage when he could of set of current, and when he could not, paddling doggedly, not so powerfully, perhaps, as his partner, but with equal steadiness."
- "And smiling eddies dimpled on the main."
- "Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play."
- "It was as though the room were instantly flooded with water. After a moment’s hesitation first one couple, then another, leapt into mid-stream, and went round and round in the eddies."
- "He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs."
- "Eddying round and round they sink."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éti Proto-Germanic *idi- Proto-West Germanic *id- Old English ed- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *ahwō Proto-West Germanic *ahu Old English ēa Old English edēa Middle English eddy English eddy From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛd.i/
- British English: /ˈɛd.i/