Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heigh

/heɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: heigh
IPA: /heɪ/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Heigh, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts."
"[T]he farmer and his family were following the last loads of furniture, when a neighbour named John Marshall came up - "Well, Georgey," said he, "and soa you're leaving t'ould hoose at last?" - "Heigh, Johnny, my lad, I'm forced tull it; for that damned Boggart torments us soa, we can neither rest neet nor day for't.""

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English heigh, hey, hay, hei, heh, probably of imitative origin. Compare hey, eh.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: heigh

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

hey (alternative) hi (alternative) hegh (alternative, Scotland) hech (alternative, Scotland)

Phrases

heigh-day heigh-ho

Homonyms

hey hay haye

Rhymes With

they me way may day say all-day away play day by day today pay

Questions

How do you pronounce heigh?: The recorded pronunciation is /heɪ/.
What does heigh mean?: An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.
Where does heigh come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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