rangy
/ˈɹeɪnd͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.
Example Sentences
- "For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance."
- "Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy."
- "Janet Gwilherm, who was presently dwarfing the duty desk — she was tall and rangy, like a basketball player — whacked the intercom button and announced herself."
- "rangy cattle"
- "The Star Spangled Banner has been criticized as too rangy for many people to sing along to comfortably."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengierbor. Middle English rengen English range Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English rangy From range + -y.