Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incony

/ɪŋˈkʌni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-cony
IPA: /ɪŋˈkʌni/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

unlearned, artless, pretty, or delicate

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Most sweet jests! most incony vulgar wit!"
"Lincolne. Where are they married! dost thou know the Church! Firke. I never goe to Church, but I know the name of it, it is a swearing Church, stay a while, 'tis, I by the mas: no, no tis I by my troth, no nor that, tis I by my faith, that that, tis I by my Faiths Church under Paules Crosse, there they shall bee knit like a paire of stockings in matrimony, there theyle be incony."
"O super-dainty canon, vicar incony! Make no delay, Miles, but away; And bring the wench and money"

Etymology

Compare conny, canny, unco.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more incony (comparative) most incony (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce incony?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪŋˈkʌni/.
What does incony mean?: unlearned, artless, pretty, or delicate
Where does incony come from?: Compare conny, canny, unco.

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