Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jackassy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jack-assy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or characteristic of a jackass, an inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.

Example Sentences

"They'd spent so much of their trip surrounded by wolves who looked at her and saw other that she'd forgotten that the smallminded bastards in the human world had their own jackassy prejudices."

Etymology

From jackass + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: jackass

Inflected Forms

more jackassy (comparative) most jackassy (superlative)

Questions

What does jackassy mean?: Of, or characteristic of a jackass, an inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
Where does jackassy come from?: From jackass + -y.

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