Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

womby

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wom-by
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Thus says my king; an if your father's highness Do not, in grant of all demands at large, Sweeten the bitter mock you sent his majesty, He'll call you to so hot an answer of it, That caves and womby vaultages of France Shall chide your trespass and return your mock In second accent of his ordnance."

Etymology

From Middle English womby, equivalent to womb + -y.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: womby
Suffix: womb

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more womby (comparative) most womby (superlative)

Rhymes With

gloomy roomy roomie doomy boomy cumae rheumy bloomy zoomy spumy fumy broomy

Questions

What does womby mean?: capacious
Where does womby come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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