Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yeasty

/ˈjiːsti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: yeasty
IPA: /ˈjiːsti/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or resembling yeast.

adj

Foamy and frothy.

adj

Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance)

adj

Example Sentences

"The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...]."
"Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty collection, which carries them through and through the most profane and winnowed opinions"

Etymology

Etymology tree English yeast Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English yeasty From yeast + -y.

Inflected Forms

yeastier (comparative) yeastiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

yeastily yeastiness

Phrases

yeasty beasty

Synonyms

zestful zesty barmy yeastlike

Rhymes With

beastie reasty

Questions

How do you pronounce yeasty?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjiːsti/.
What does yeasty mean?: Having or resembling yeast.
Where does yeasty come from?: Etymology tree English yeast Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English yeasty From yeast + -y.

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