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wormley

/wˈɝmli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
worm-ley
IPA
/wˈɝmli/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL322054).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Witley parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9438).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English wyrm (“snake”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to worm or wyrm + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Wormleys (plural) Wormeley (alternative) Wormely (alternative)

Rhymes With

firmly

Questions

How do you pronounce wormley?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɝmli/.
What does wormley mean?
A village in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL322054).
Where does wormley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce wormley

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