Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

serry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: ser-ry
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To crowd, press together, or close (rank)

Dated; Literary

Example Sentences

"High shoulders, low shoulders, broad shoulders, narrow ones, Round, square, and angular, serry and shove"
"thrive the serried flocks and herds."

Etymology

Borrowed from French serré, past participle of serrer, from Middle French serrer, from Old French serrer, from Vulgar Latin *serrare (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serare (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“a bar, bolt”), akin to Latin serere (“to join or bind together”). Compare French serrer (“to tighten”) and Spanish cerrar (“to shut, close”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: *ser- (bind), serré, serrer, *serrare, serare, sera

Usage

Inflected Forms

serries (present, singular) serrying (participle, present) serried (participle, past) serried (past)

Questions

What does serry mean?: To crowd, press together, or close (rank)
Where does serry come from?: It is traced to French.

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