Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pumy

/ˈpjuːmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pumy
IPA: /ˈpjuːmi/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

large and rounded

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A gentle streame, whose murmuring waue did play / Emongst the pumy stones"
"From bough to bough he lepped light , And oft the pumies latched"

Etymology

Compare dialectal English pummer (“big, large”), and pomey (“pommel”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more pumy (comparative) most pumy (superlative) pumies (plural)

Phrases

pumy stone

Questions

How do you pronounce pumy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpjuːmi/.
What does pumy mean?: large and rounded
Where does pumy come from?: Compare dialectal English pummer (“big, large”), and pomey (“pommel”).

How to pronounce pumy

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