Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinkly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kinkly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Liable to kink or curl; kinky.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"and were addicted to short kinkly curls, exaggerated, in the case of villains of more than ordinary atrocity, into a stream of raven locks[…]"
"When I knew him he was forty years of age, a thin, spare creature, with a bush of kinkly hair, negro lips, and a long face like that of a horse."
"Hair has different form, texture, weight and shape in cross section, like, straight, wavy, curly, kinkly and woolly or peppercorn."

Etymology

From kinkle + -y?

Word Breakdown

Suffix: kinkle

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more kinkly (comparative) most kinkly (superlative)

Questions

What does kinkly mean?: Liable to kink or curl; kinky.
Where does kinkly come from?: From kinkle + -y?

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