gusty
/ˈɡʌs.ti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
adj
Characterized by or occurring in instances of sudden strong expression.
adj
With gusto.
Example Sentences
- "The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door."
- "A change evidently came over the countess's thoughts; her thin lips grew white (her eyes remained the same), and her voice when she spoke evidently surprised even herself by the violence of its gusty outburst."
- "'No, no, no,' she said. 'Who could be disloyal to you, Miss?' And then the gusty tears came."
- "The spirit becomes an ingrained part of one's life, not subject to gusty moods and feelings, but a habitual part of life."
- "“I am a man of few words,” shouted a red-necked House member as he started his second hour of a gusty speech."
- "From the vigorous, warm, gusty oratory of the Gallican apologists, we pass into a thinner and cooler and quieter atmosphere, that of the Spanish lecture-room."
Etymology
Etymology tree English gust Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gusty From gust + -y.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɡʌs.ti/