Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scampy

/ˈskæmpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scampy
IPA: /ˈskæmpi/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Very often, after they sow their wild oats, some of those scampy young fellows settle down and marry a nice young girl and turn out very good husbands."
"Thanks to his association with Fossey, Sembagare rises in life from scampy village tour guide to responsible adjutant."
"The woman had collected a lot of stray dogs and I was petting the dogs and all of a sudden I looked at one--he was kind of scampy with a know-it-all look on his face--and I saw he was holding my diaphragm in his mouth."

Etymology

From scamp + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scamp

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈskæmpi/

Inflected Forms

more scampy (comparative) most scampy (superlative)

Homonyms

scampi

Questions

How do you pronounce scampy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskæmpi/.
What does scampy mean?: scampish
Where does scampy come from?: From scamp + -y.

How to pronounce scampy

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