diphthongy
diphthongy adjective: having the quality of a diphthong.
Adjective
diphthongy (comparative more diphthongy, superlative most diphthongy)
- Having the quality of a diphthong.
- This ghost is the only other person besides Neyeurme who can say it correctly because it has all these diphthongy tongue-strangling nuances to it.1971, James Leo Herlihy, Season of the Witch, RosettaBooks, →ISBN
- American vowels tend to be very impure and diphthongy; you do NOT want this sound in your Italian or Latin.1990 January 9, Roger Lustig, “Second rate composers (was Re: Tchiakovsky)”, in rec.music.classical (Usenet)
- Synonyms:
- diphthongic, diphthongal
Examples of diphthongy in a sentence
- He – keen on diphthongy things – really liked words with ligatures.2006, Peter Rushforth, A Dead Language, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:
- I thought it was a sort of weird diphthongy vowel, almost like the French "dure" (hard) crossed with "do-er" -- very distinctive in a hard-to-pin-down way.2007 March 4, SMC, “Just heard”, in rec.arts.mystery (Usenet):
Synonyms of diphthongy
Forms of diphthongy
| comparative | more diphthongy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most diphthongy |
Origin of diphthongy
From diphthong + -y.
Questions about diphthongy
- What does diphthongy mean?
- Diphthongy means having the quality of a diphthong.
- How do you use diphthongy in a sentence?
- He – keen on diphthongy things – really liked words with ligatures.
- What part of speech is diphthongy?
- Diphthongy is an adjective.
Words near diphthongy in the dictionary
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