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gourdy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gour-dy
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having swollen legs

Obsolete

Etymology

Either from gourd, or less likely from French gourd (“benumbed”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more gourdy (comparative) most gourdy (superlative)

Derived Forms

gourdiness

Questions

What does gourdy mean?
Having swollen legs
Where does gourdy come from?
It is traced to French.

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