Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoarfrosty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hoar-frosty
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered with hoar frost.

Example Sentences

"[…] “the sky all on fire over there,” as the hoarfrosty evening fell."
"Down all right, after waking at ½ past 4, and sleeping again through a long St Gothard dream—mixed of sugary ice—where I was a little girl frightened at a sorcerer for a while, and running away along a hoarfrosty road, […]"
"When her headcloth came off, the coils of hair shone night-black, with hoarfrosty glints of silver."

Etymology

From hoarfrost + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hoarfrost

Inflected Forms

more hoarfrosty (comparative) most hoarfrosty (superlative) hoar-frosty (alternative)

Synonyms

hoarfrosted

Questions

What does hoarfrosty mean?: Covered with hoar frost.
Where does hoarfrosty come from?: From hoarfrost + -y.

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