Speakur

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spendy

/ˈspɛndi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
spen-dy
IPA
/ˈspɛndi/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Expensive, costly.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden English spend Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English spendy From spend + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spendier (comparative) spendiest (superlative) spenny (alternative, Australia)

Synonyms

pricey spenny steep 5-star big-ticket chargeful cheap at half the price costful costly cost-prohibitive fancy dear

Questions

How do you pronounce spendy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspɛndi/.
What does spendy mean?
Expensive, costly.
Where does spendy come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden English spend Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English spendy From spend + -y.

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