Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fibbery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fib-bery
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Instead, lenders appear to be complicit in the rampant fibbery that is one of the root causes of our continuing mortgage nightmare."

Etymology

From fib + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fib

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

fibberies (plural)

Questions

What does fibbery mean?: The telling of fibs; lying, falsehood.
Where does fibbery come from?: From fib + -ery.

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