Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blankety

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: blan-kety
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

damnable, damned

Dated

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a blanket.

Example Sentences

"I'm the blankety-blankety-blank-blank worst man in all this blankety-blankety-blank-blank country […]"
"[…] a megaphone demanded to know who the, what the, how the, why the blankety-blank-blank wasn't I keeping my blankety watch on the blankety-blank-blank deck!!"
""These blanketytin faces are no good to us," they would complain."
"[…] for the cold had struck through his person, his fine clothes being a poor substitute for his thick double-milled red coat, blankety waistcoat, and Jersey shirt."
"Later in the day, clad in an odd collection of baggy garments, he sat and warmed himself in the sun, which was fast drawing up in the form of a blankety mist the moisture from the ground."
"It's a floating feeling, an eyes-closed, comfy, blankety feeling, the feeling of not having to worry about anything."

Etymology

Fro blank + -ety, from the printer's mark (as in d—! for damn!).

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

blankity (alternative)

Phrases

blankety-blank

Frequently Paired Words

blankety-blank

Questions

What does blankety mean?: damnable, damned
Where does blankety come from?: Fro blank + -ety, from the printer's mark (as in d—! for damn!).

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