Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fesnyng

/ˈfɛs.nɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fes-nyng
IPA: /ˈfɛs.nɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of ferrets.

Example Sentences

"... where I consoled myself with a fesnyng of pet ferrets I then kept"
"Ferrets are fiercely solitary animals. They are no more likely to get together in a fesnyng that you or I are. […] 'Well, there was a fesnyng in your bathtub...""
"“You should 'ave seen 'er attack a fox. She's got guts, she 'as, and she's a ferret for your information.” “A ferret, eh? That's worth more than a weasel, isn't it? And if she's that good, we'll 'ave ter find a mate for 'er. Breed our own fesnyng of the beasts[…]”"
"A pride of lions, a murder of crows, a crash of rhinos, a fesnyng of ferrets, a pity, no, a piteousness of doves, a memory of elephants, an ascension of larks. He wasn't crazy. He'd measure and check the marks, then maybe they'd let him fold for ..."

Etymology

From business by a series of misprints and copying errors; hence, a ghost word. It has been mentioned written as *feamyng, too.

Inflected Forms

fesnyngs (plural)

Synonyms

business

Questions

How do you pronounce fesnyng?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɛs.nɪŋ/.
What does fesnyng mean?: A group of ferrets.
Where does fesnyng come from?: From business by a series of misprints and copying errors; hence, a ghost word. It has been mentioned written as *feamyng, too.

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