Word.ws English Dictionary

rhody

rhody is the alternative form of rhodie.

Meaning of rhodie

Noun

rhodie (plural rhodies)

  1. (informal) A rhododendron.
    • The banging of rhodie leaves against one another and against other plants can damage them.1969, Ted Van Veen, Rhododendrons in America, Portland, Or.: Binford & Mort Publishing, published 1980, →ISBN, page 118

See all 3 meanings of rhodie

Proper noun capitalized: Rhody

Rhody (plural Rhodys)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of rhody

Noun
pluralrhodies
Proper noun
pluralRhodys

Origin of rhody

Clipping of rhododendron + -y.

Perhaps a respelling of the German surname Rohde.

Phrases with rhody

Words that rhyme with rhody

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about rhody

What does rhody mean?
Rhody means a surname from German.
What is rhody the alternative form of?
Rhody is the alternative form of rhodie.
What part of speech is rhody?
Rhody is a proper noun.

Words near rhody in the dictionary

  1. rhodous
  2. rhodovibrin
  3. rhodoxanthin
  4. rhodplumsite
  5. rhodplumsites
  6. rhody
  7. Rhodys
  8. rhoeadic acid
  9. rhoeadin
  10. rhoeadine
  11. rhoeadines

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rhody (page history and authors); Rhody (page history and authors); rhodie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “rhody.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/rhody. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.