Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

officey

/ˈɔfɪsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: of-ficey
IPA: /ˈɔfɪsi/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Officelike; resembling or pertaining to an office.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Lots of the other girls said, "Good morning, Miss Pendleton." "Good morning," she returned. "Good morning. Good morning. Good morning." They all looked clean, officey and willing. Lorna, hammering away at a typewriter, looked officey too."
"How about two rooms—one for officey stuff? Two clocks. A plant—maybe. I've heard there should always be something living in the room—aside from you of course."
"At the end of the three month course, I knew how to type, answer phones, do basic computing, bookkeeping, lay out business letters and lots of other very useful officey things."

Etymology

From office + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɔfɪsi/
British English: /ˈɒfɪsi/

Usage

Informal

Questions

How do you pronounce officey?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔfɪsi/.
What does officey mean?: Officelike; resembling or pertaining to an office.
Where does officey come from?: From office + -y.

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