Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: hor-ry
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul

name

name

A diminutive of the male given name Horace.

Etymology

From Middle English hory, hoory, from Old English horiġ, horhiġ (“foul, unclean”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurhwīg, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwīgaz (“foul, filthy, soiled, unclean”). Cognate with Middle High German horwig, horwic, horig, horg (“muddy, filthy”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hory, horiġ, *hurhwīg, *hurhwīgaz

Inflected Forms

horrier (comparative) more horry (comparative) horriest (superlative) most horry (superlative) hory (alternative)

Phrases

Horry County

Questions

What does horry mean?: impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul
Where does horry come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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