Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

figary

/ˈfɪɡəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fi-gary
IPA: /ˈfɪɡəɹi/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A whim or eccentricity.

Example Sentences

"is she not a woman, and subject to those mad figaries her whole sex is infected with?"
"These women think that all the business of the world must stand still for their figaries (a good female word, Jack!) […]."

Etymology

By sound change from vagary.

Inflected Forms

figaries (plural) fegary (alternative) figairey (alternative)

Homonyms

figgery

Questions

How do you pronounce figary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪɡəɹi/.
What does figary mean?: A whim or eccentricity.
Where does figary come from?: By sound change from vagary.

How to pronounce figary

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