Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schemie

/ˈskiː.mi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schemie
IPA: /ˈskiː.mi/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of schemey.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"They’d rather gie a merchant school old boy with severe brain damage a job in nuclear engineering than gie a schemie wi a Ph. D. a post as a cleaner in an abattoir."
"1996, Irvine Welsh, Ecstasy http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=CmpypjdQsHYC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&sig=mN8q7rZDRlShy3Ao9hRg-Q1j-Ns Stupidity and sleaze, that’s what it is. Schemie windows. Ah look at the world through schemie windows."
"2005, Jenny Colgan, The Boy I Loved Before http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=r7CPgLjLGokC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&sig=XLCXpHbQhIYyJ2Ljgkmza8Xsq4M This wasn’t skeggy little schemie bully. This was big-time cheerleader style."

Etymology

From scheme + -ie.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

schemies (plural)

Homonyms

schemey

Rhymes With

creamy dreamy steamy sashimi seamy beamy pheme agrimi gleamy reamy

Questions

How do you pronounce schemie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskiː.mi/.
What does schemie mean?: Alternative form of schemey.
Where does schemie come from?: From scheme + -ie.

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