Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoardful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hoard-ful
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to hoard things; miserly.

Example Sentences

"The white supreme non-Indian has showed his lesson well Of how he saved the Penobscot [River], by polluting it to hell With the hoardful Great Northern, snatching Indian property And the lily white scummed tanneries, pumping colors in the sea."
"He was a competent lawyer, and he was rich, and neither overly greedy nor overly hoardful, which was true of all Heaths."
"I used to be a teacher Of knowledge I was a giver, not hoardful keeper"

Etymology

From hoard + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hoard

Inflected Forms

more hoardful (comparative) most hoardful (superlative)

Questions

What does hoardful mean?: Tending to hoard things; miserly.
Where does hoardful come from?: From hoard + -ful.

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