zooey
/ˈzoʊ.i/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Zoë.
Example Sentences
- "As Montana lawmakers entered the critical final days of their legislative session on Thursday, one of the state’s only transgender lawmakers, Zooey Zephyr, was left exiled from the House chamber, monitoring the debate and casting votes on a laptop as she sat on a hallway bench near a bustling snack stand."
- "a zooey smell"
- "[…] restaurants that squeeze in as many tables as possible against the walls of the old town; it gets zooey, with tourists trying to get past the fuming waiters trying to deliver food to their waiting diners."
Etymology
From zoo + -ey.