Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verminy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-miny
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.

Example Sentences

"Then two Hindu fakirs stalk past, with long, frowsy, verminy locks, painted faces, naked bodies besmeared with ashes, with an iron trident in one hand and an empty gourd in the other."

Etymology

From vermin + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vermin

Inflected Forms

more verminy (comparative) most verminy (superlative)

Questions

What does verminy mean?: Resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.
Where does verminy come from?: From vermin + -y.

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