Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tilly-vally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: tilly--val-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Expressing contempt, or rejecting anything trifling or impertinent.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Sir Toby Belch: My lady's a Cataian, we are politicians, Malvolio's a Peg-a-Ramsey, and 'Three merry men be we.' Am not I consanguineous? am I not of her blood? Tillyvally. Lady!"

Etymology

Unknown.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

tilly-fally (alternative) tillie vallie (alternative)

Questions

What does tilly-vally mean?: Expressing contempt, or rejecting anything trifling or impertinent.
Where does tilly-vally come from?: Unknown.

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