Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trouty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trouty
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing trout.

adj

Resembling or characteristic of trout.

name

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Example Sentences

"The grass improved, they saw wild-flowers and flax, and when the water of the creek took his fancy as looking trouty, Wilford Woodruff got out the artificial flies he had brought from his last mission in England and tried a little"
"c. 1926 Rudyard Kipling - "Alnaschar and the Oxen" from the collection Debits and Credits At the gate beside the river where the trouty shallows brawl, I know the pride that Lobengula felt"
"The stream was clear and shallow but it did not look trouty."
"Except in extremely hot weather, I have found that trout packed in this manner reach Boston in very fine order, and have quite a trouty taste and appearance; […]"

Etymology

From trout + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: trout

Inflected Forms

troutier (comparative) troutiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

troutily troutiness

Rhymes With

doughty outie grouty droughty snouty clouty scouty spouty

Questions

What does trouty mean?: Containing trout.
Where does trouty come from?: From trout + -y.

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