Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frithy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frithy
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Woody; relating to brushwood, undergrowth, or a partial clearing in a forest

Example Sentences

"Thus stode I in the frytthy forest of Galtres, […]"
"Wild echoes scream, impetuous torrents roar, And mists and glooms obscure the frithy shore."
"to complete their ingratitude and injustice, they transported a cargo of notorious traitors to the Divine Majesty among you, impiously calling the frithy lumber, Ministers of God's Word."
"In north India, small round, oblong or long, temperate varieties of radish may also be grown, but these should be harvested within 25-30 days, otherwise they become frithy very soon."
""Well," he met the Choco's glare, "we can't very well have him looking like some frithy trail wanderer out for a lowsun stroll, that looks bad on us.”"
"The “frithy” or lush epicormic growth is very obvious in the left hand side of the crown in this photograph, as are the stubs with flat cuts that were left, in the right of the photograph."

Etymology

From frith (“forest, wood”) + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: frith

Inflected Forms

more frithy (comparative) most frithy (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

frith

Questions

What does frithy mean?: Woody; relating to brushwood, undergrowth, or a partial clearing in a forest
Where does frithy come from?: From frith (“forest, wood”) + -y.

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