Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ascurry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-cur-ry
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Scurrying; filled (with scurrying people or animals).

Example Sentences

"[…] the darkness beyond the wood that night seemed ascurry and fractious,"
"a ship […] with sailors ascurry from and to below"
"[…] gulls veering and looping, cormorants guarding their nests in the high rocks, sandpipers ascurry at the water’s edge, pelicans skimming and plummeting, coastal jackdaws grubbing for dainties."

Etymology

From a- + scurry.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Questions

What does ascurry mean?: Scurrying; filled (with scurrying people or animals).
Where does ascurry come from?: From a- + scurry.

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