beachy
/ˈbiːt͡ʃi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "O God that one might reade the booke of fate, / And ſee the reuolution of the times, / Make mountaines leuell, and the continent / Weary of ſolide firmeneſſe melt it ſelfe / Into the ſea, and other times to ſee, / The beachie girdle of the ocean, / Too wide for Neptunes hips, how chances mockes, / And changes fill the cup of alteration, / With diuers liquors!"
- "Exporters, here's a "beachy" place to get your feet wet. It's close by, and one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean."
- "‘Year-round sunshine practically guaranteed’: Le Mourillon is Toulon’s cool, beachy quarter [title]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English beachy From beach + -y.