Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hippity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
hip-pi-ty
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Unevenly; by hopping.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Fanciful extension hip, a regional variant of hop, with the expressive suffix -ity. Attested since the nineteenth century.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more hippity (comparative) most hippity (superlative)

Questions

What does hippity mean?
Unevenly; by hopping.
Where does hippity come from?
Fanciful extension hip, a regional variant of hop, with the expressive suffix -ity. Attested since the nineteenth century.

How to pronounce hippity

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