Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hawthorny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hawthorny
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling hawthorns, hawthorn-like.

adj

Of, or pertaining to, hawthorns.

adj

Full of hawthorns.

Etymology

Etymology tree English hawthorn Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hawthorny From hawthorn + -y.

Inflected Forms

more hawthorny (comparative) most hawthorny (superlative)

Questions

What does hawthorny mean?: Resembling hawthorns, hawthorn-like.
Where does hawthorny come from?: Etymology tree English hawthorn Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hawthorny From hawthorn + -y.

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