Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puckery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
puck-ery
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very sour, so that the lips pucker.

adj

Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.

noun

Obsolete form of puggry.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From pucker + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more puckery (comparative) most puckery (superlative) puckeries (plural)

Derived Forms

puckeriness

Questions

What does puckery mean?
Very sour, so that the lips pucker.
Where does puckery come from?
From pucker + -y.

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