ikey
/ˈʌɪki/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having negative traits stereotypically associated with Jews; cunning, supercilious.
Derogatory; Slang
name
A diminutive of the male given name Isaac.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of ikey
Example Sentences
- "My son, if you go to the races to battle with Ikey and Mo, Remember, it's seldom the pigeon can pick out the eye of the crow;"
- "I meant to start from Barrhill, but I missed the train, and then I hung on to old Ikey-Mo, which made my alibi much better,"
- "Clara had always been ‘ikey’ – reserved and superior."
- "What Arthur Griffith said about the headpiece over the Freeman leader: a homerule sun rising up in the northwest from the laneway behind the bank of Ireland. He prolonged his pleased smile. Ikey touch that: homerule sun rising up in the northwest."
- ""Come in, sirs, come in if you please," begged Ikey deferentially; the door was held more fully open and they passed into a store […]"