woodsy
/ˈwʊdzi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wooded area.
Example Sentences
- "Harry, Tina, Esther, and I ran up and down and in and about the piles of wood that evening with a joyous satisfaction. How fresh and spicy and woodsy it smelt!"
- "It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaws out. This is the mighty W.O.O.D., the musical voice of Lumberton. At the sound of the falling tree, it's 9:30."
- "But [Nigel] Godrich is behind the boards again, and his electro-manicuring imbues even the woodsiest sounds with dubby menace."
- ""The first thing he said was he was 'fraid she'd got into the woods. You know they always find um in the woods in the papers. They git confused 'n' they wander round." / "Yes," said Mr. Townshend, "that's about it, you see. I thought right away of Noah's Island; it's the woodsiest place there is about. I sh'll git some men together right away.[…]""
- "No lovelier day, no woodsier woods, or better company."
- "Combing the 12 million acres of BLM [Bureau of Land Management] desert land in California, the new ranger helps protect the desert's fragile ecosystem and gives service to the many visitors who in recent years and in increasing numbers have chosen the desert instead of the woodsier areas for days of recreation."
Etymology
From woods + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives), to distinguish the word from woody (“made of wood, or having wood-like properties, etc.”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwʊdzi/
- British English: /ˈwʊdzi/