Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: roky
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Misty; foggy; cloudy.

British usage

adj

Exhibiting roke (a defect in steel ingots).

Example Sentences

"they slaver men sayne - Lyke a roky rayne. - Skelton."
"He […] in a roky hollow, belling, etc. Roky (associated with reek) means misty, foggy."
"They walked around in the roky damp, in silence."
"[…] scaly, and frightfully roky bar."
"then elongate and “open-out,” producing “roky” billets and blooms. When the cracks are from top to bottom, i.e. longitudinal, it is usually because cooling, after the ingot has been taken out of the mould, has been uneven."

Etymology

From roke + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: roke

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more roky (comparative) most roky (superlative)

Synonyms

rawky

Questions

What does roky mean?: Misty; foggy; cloudy.
Where does roky come from?: From roke + -y.

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