Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jungly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: jung-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Overgrown with jungle.

Example Sentences

"[…] it was arranged that I should make a circuit and get between the bear and a jungly ravine […]"
"He was lying on a bamboo bed in the traditional doctor's hut at the jungliest edge of the village."

Etymology

Etymology tree English jungle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jungly From jungle + -y.

Inflected Forms

junglier (comparative) jungliest (superlative)

Synonyms

junglesome

Questions

What does jungly mean?: Overgrown with jungle.
Where does jungly come from?: Etymology tree English jungle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jungly From jungle + -y.

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