Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blashy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blashy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Rainy and windy.

adj

Wet, splashy; muddy.

adj

Example Sentences

"... a cold blashy rain is driven from the spongy west by a wind that would certainly blow you away, […]"
""Mr dowse, what's your opinion o' this blashy weather? Will it blow over, do y' think?" Dowse pursed his lips and studied the racing clouds. […] "the wind's still in the sou'-west. Could be it gets worse afore it gets better.""
"... their streets are like wors - brave and blashy! Song, Canny Nerocassel."
"It's blashy deed, gannan' alang t' rooads, sike weather."
".[The] road fra Gunnas to Burringham's blashier noo then ever I seed it."
"tharrs sa mitch rain o' t' Fog, [...] it maks it blashy as weel, [...]"

Etymology

From blash (“heavy rainfall”) + -y.

Inflected Forms

blashier (comparative) blashiest (superlative)

Questions

What does blashy mean?: Rainy and windy.
Where does blashy come from?: From blash (“heavy rainfall”) + -y.

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