swanny
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a swan.
verb
Alternative form of swan (“declare, swear”).
Example Sentences
- "a swanny glossiness of the neck"
- "I swanny if I ever felt so in my life! I was so anxious about that long letter that I sent to them to get printed for you, that I was dreadful loth to go in, and eenamost made up my mind to turn about and make tracks for the sloop agin!"
- "I swanny! but that was a warm time for me, Miss—it sure was. There was that ol' she b'ar with her mouth as wide open as a church door or, so it looked to Jerry Todd."
- "Here I was, with Miss Marie looking at me, expecting me to say what she wanted me to say, and I knew the Good Lord was looking down on me, too, expecting me to tell the truth. I swanny, I didn't know what to do."
Etymology
From swan + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
swannier (comparative)
swanniest (superlative)
swannies (present, singular)
swannying (participle, present)
swannied (participle, past)
swannied (past)