peely-wally
/ˈpiːliwali/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pale, pasty; off-color or ill-looking.
Example Sentences
- "‘Are there no English troops out here?’ ‘A few,’ Gilzean said. ‘But they're all sick. Peely-wally lot the English, ye ken.’"
- "But I felt that Tommy's championing of the lit de soleil, as it's known in Maryhill, was courageous and condign. It allowed otherwise peely wally Glaswegians to hold their tanned faces aloft in polite company and let their neighbours think they'd been to Santa Ponsa or Majorca."
Etymology
From Scots peely-wally.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈpiːliwali/
Inflected Forms
peelie wallie (alternative)