Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unjolly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-jol-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not jolly; glum.

Example Sentences

"The unjolly green giant, born from a botched gamma bomb experiment in a 1962 comic book, belongs to an elite class of superhero."

Etymology

From un- + jolly.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unjolly (comparative) most unjolly (superlative)

Questions

What does unjolly mean?: Not jolly; glum.
Where does unjolly come from?: From un- + jolly.

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