Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrig

/ɹɪɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wrig
IPA: /ɹɪɡ/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Pooh! the whole thing is as alive and wrigging as an angler's box of gentles"

Etymology

From Middle English wriggen. Cognate with Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”), German Low German wriggen (“to shake, shudder, rotate”), Dutch wrikken and wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Middle English wrikken (“to move back and forth”). Compare also Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go, move”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wriggen

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

wrigs (present, singular) wrigging (participle, present) wrigged (participle, past) wrigged (past)

Derived Forms

wriggle

Homonyms

rig rigg

Rhymes With

big dig pig fig gig rig wig brig sig jig zig twig

Questions

How do you pronounce wrig?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪɡ/.
What does wrig mean?: To wriggle.
Where does wrig come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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