Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plighty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: plighty
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to or indicating plight; misfortunate; dire; precarious; needy

Example Sentences

"[...] — as the company is so small, the impresario is in a continual flap, having to nurse his people as much as he can, in case some sudden illness should fling him into the plightiest of plights, not being able to mount any show at all!"
"The government it can give, it loves to give to everybody, but if the government gives away that money, spreads all its money to the plighty, you know, it goes down."
"The whole set of them were in a most plighty condition. Many were in rags, and not a few had their bodies covered with most offensive sores."

Etymology

From Middle English plighty, plighti, equivalent to plight + -y.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: plighty
Suffix: plight

Inflected Forms

plightier (comparative) more plighty (comparative) plightiest (superlative) most plighty (superlative)

Rhymes With

mighty almighty whitey aphrodite flighty nightie blighty venite fighty mitey

Questions

What does plighty mean?: Relating to or indicating plight; misfortunate; dire; precarious; needy
Where does plighty come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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