begay
/bˈɛɡeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "For Lu was the girl she seemed, and Wang was a boy — a boy, dressed in girl's clothes, even to the crimson ribbons of maidenhood begaying his hair: [...]"
- "When in the oration ther is nothing rightly and properly spoken, but all is to muche befigured and begayed."
- "I find it the finest land & folk yet, finer even than Denmark & the Danes, though truly not so begaying & behopefulling."
Etymology
From be- + gay.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: be