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perchery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
perchery
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A series of cages, each containing several perches, in which hens are kept for intensive egg production.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē)der. Latin percader. Old French perchebor. Middle English perche English perch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English perchery From perch + -ery.

Inflected Forms

percheries (plural)

Questions

What does perchery mean?
A series of cages, each containing several perches, in which hens are kept for intensive egg production.
Where does perchery come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē)der. Latin percader. Old French perchebor. Middle English perche English perch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English perchery From perch + -ery.

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