Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mattressy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mat-tressy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a mattress; large, soft, and yielding.

Informal

Example Sentences

"“You try it Mister, and so help me God I will make sure you spend the rest of your non-adult life bouncing off the mattressy walls of a psych ward.”"

Etymology

From mattress + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mattress

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more mattressy (comparative) most mattressy (superlative)

Questions

What does mattressy mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a mattress; large, soft, and yielding.
Where does mattressy come from?: From mattress + -y.

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