Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cloyless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cloy-less
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That does not cloy; uncloying.

Example Sentences

"Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite, That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honour Even till a Lethe'd dullness-"

Etymology

Etymology tree English cloy Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English cloyless From cloy + -less.

Questions

What does cloyless mean?: That does not cloy; uncloying.
Where does cloyless come from?: Etymology tree English cloy Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English cloyless From cloy + -less.

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