Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dear joy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
dear joy
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Irishman.

Derogatory; Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the supposed propensity of 17th-century Irishmen to exclaim ‘dear joy’.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Dear Joys (plural)

Questions

What does dear joy mean?
An Irishman.
Where does dear joy come from?
From the supposed propensity of 17th-century Irishmen to exclaim ‘dear joy’.

How to pronounce dear joy

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