Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurrisome

/ˈhʌɹisəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hur-ri-some
IPA: /ˈhʌɹisəm/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by hurrying; quick; hasty.

Example Sentences

"Don't be hurrisome or you'll pay for it with a broken head."
"Although the brisket was excellent, Elbert seemed a tad hurrisome to conclude the meal so she would stop talking."
"The murderer of Marcia's husband stripped off rubber gloves, thrust gloves and envelope deeply away, then fled in a stroll northward toward an exit different from the place of entry ... to a hurrisome eye just another foolhardy New Yorker defying the statistics of Central Park's nighttime crime."
"Levashev shrugged; the shrug said that Americans were a hurrisome people."

Etymology

From hurry + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hurry

Inflected Forms

more hurrisome (comparative) most hurrisome (superlative) hurrysome (alternative)

Rhymes With

worrisome

Questions

How do you pronounce hurrisome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌɹisəm/.
What does hurrisome mean?: Characterised or marked by hurrying; quick; hasty.
Where does hurrisome come from?: From hurry + -some.

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