haulmy
/ˈhɔːmi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Safe in their haulmy Huts they sweetly slept, / Ne'er by the Noise of Drums or Trumpets wak'd."
- "In dry hungry ground, the poles may stand nearer together, than in a rich mellow foil ; because, this last will produce the largest, and most haulmy plants."
- "Weeds are also very prevalent on dry upland grasslands, where such hay as is produced is necessarily thin and haulmy."
Etymology
From haulm + -y.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈhɔːmi/
Inflected Forms
more haulmy (comparative)
most haulmy (superlative)