Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gleby

/ˈɡliːbi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gle-by
IPA: /ˈɡliːbi/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Pernicious flattery! thy malignant seeds In an ill hour, and by fatal hand Sadly diffus'd o'er virtue's gleby land, With rising pride amidst the corn appear, And choke the hopes and harvest of the year."

Etymology

From glebe + -y. Compare Latin glaebosus (“cloddy”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: glebe

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more gleby (comparative) most gleby (superlative)

Synonyms

glebous

Questions

How do you pronounce gleby?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡliːbi/.
What does gleby mean?: turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
Where does gleby come from?: From glebe + -y. Compare Latin glaebosus (“cloddy”).

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