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tutty

/ˈtʌti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
tut-ty
IPA
/ˈtʌti/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A powdered form of impure zinc oxide used for polishing.

Uncountable

Etymology

From French tutie; compare Spanish tutía, atutía, from Latin tutia, from Arabic تُوتِيَاء (tūtiyāʔ), from Classical Persian توتیا (tūtyā), from Sanskrit तुत्था (tutthā).

Usage

Inflected Forms

tutties (plural)

Rhymes With

nutty slutty putty silly putty cutty smutty butty dutty rutty gutty suttee

Questions

How do you pronounce tutty?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʌti/.
What does tutty mean?
A powdered form of impure zinc oxide used for polishing.
Where does tutty come from?
From French tutie; compare Spanish tutía, atutía, from Latin tutia, from Arabic تُوتِيَاء (tūtiyāʔ), from Classical Persian توتیا (tūtyā), from Sanskrit तुत्था (tutthā).

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