leathery
/ˈlɛðəɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.
Example Sentences
- "The beef jerky was tough and leathery."
- "The Agaricales have basidiocarps which are fleshy to subfleshy or rarely, almost leathery (but if the latter then the hymenophore is not poroid)."
- "It is a staggering work, leathery and reliclike, with most of Pop Art embedded in its fragile surfaces."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *letrosbor. Proto-Germanic *leþrą Proto-West Germanic *leþr Old English leþer Middle English lether English leather Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English leathery From leather + -y.
Inflected Forms
more leathery (comparative)
leatherier (comparative)
most leathery (superlative)
leatheriest (superlative)