Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ottery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: ot-tery
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The local name of Ottery St Mary.

name

A river in Cornwall, England, which joins the River Tamar; in full, the River Ottery.

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter.

Example Sentences

"Anyone who has watched, for example, a litter of otter cubs rolling about in an ottery tangle can hardly doubt that they're really having fun."
"[…] this guy she's seen before with the . . . ferret? or mongoose? ... an ottery thing, whatever, on a clothesline leash. . . ."
"Spraints consist mostly of food remains, such as fish bones, to which are added the fairly inconspicuous secretions of two anal glands, situated along the gut close to the anus; they produce the 'ottery' smell."

Etymology

Presumably from Old English oter + ēa (“otter river”)

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: oter + ēa
Suffix: otter

Inflected Forms

more ottery (comparative) most ottery (superlative)

Synonyms

lutrine otterish otterlike

Questions

What does ottery mean?: The local name of Ottery St Mary.
Where does ottery come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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