Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

typee

/ˈtaɪpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: ty-pee
IPA: /ˈtaɪpi/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence.

Uncountable

noun

A member of the Tai-pi people of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The fact that stuck in my head, however, that the prettiest thing to one crow is another crow, a male monkey sees a female monkey the way Romeo had ‘typee’ for his Juliet."
"Stephen continued to see more of Sarah, after the Black Friday riots. He had typee for her; she was constantly in his thoughts."
"I played chasie (tag) with him and the other children in the yard, but I am certain Oswald never knew I had typee for him. The love affair was short lived, because we only lived there for a short time."

Etymology

Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English typee; further origin unknown, claimed to be from an Indo-Aryan language but no etymon has been found.

Word Breakdown

Root: typee

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtaɪpi/
British English: /ˈtaɪpi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Typees (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce typee?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtaɪpi/.
What does typee mean?: Intense lovesickness; infatuation, limerence.
Where does typee come from?: Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English typee; further origin unknown, claimed to be from an Indo-Aryan language but no etymon has been found.

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