Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

festoony

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fes-toony
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.

Example Sentences

"Your account of it throws on it the only ray of elucidation I have yet seen , in the festoony or ripply waves of the sand"
"Sally and Jim were all in tasteless, garish, festoony Christmas jumpers"

Etymology

From festoon + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: festoon

Inflected Forms

more festoony (comparative) most festoony (superlative)

Questions

What does festoony mean?: Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.
Where does festoony come from?: From festoon + -y.

How to pronounce festoony

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