Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

risley

/ɹˈɪzli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: ris-ley
IPA: /ɹˈɪzli/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable

noun

A circus performer who performs antipodism, lying on the back while carrying burdens on the feet.

Etymology

From Old English hrīs (“twig, branch; brushwood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”); equivalent to rice + -ley (“lea”). The circus term comes from the name of Richard Risley Carlisle (1814–1874), who developed this kind of act in the United States.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hrīs
Suffix: rice

Usage

Inflected Forms

Risleys (plural) Wrisley (alternative)

Rhymes With

grizzly grisly drizzly sisley nisley

Questions

How do you pronounce risley?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɪzli/.
What does risley mean?: A placename:
Where does risley come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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