aweary
/əˈwɪə̯ɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] my little body is aweary of this great world."
- "She said, 'I am aweary, aweary, / I would that I were dead!'"
- "1849+, George Ticknor, History Of Spanish Literature And all his people told him that their horses were aweary, and that they were aweary themselves."
- "[…]when he is aweary of vice, and aweary of virtue, used up as to brimstone, and used up as to bliss; then, whether he take to the serving out of red tape, or to the kindling of red fire, he is the very Devil."
- "The sky leans dumb on the sea, / Aweary with all its wings;"
- ""Nay, save that she seems aweary"."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English weary English aweary From a- + weary.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈwɪə̯ɹi/
- British English: /əˈwɪə̯ɹi/
Inflected Forms
more aweary (comparative)
most aweary (superlative)