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featherlight

feath·er·light
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [feth -er-lahyt]
    • /ˈfɛð ərˈlaɪt/
    • /fˈeðəlˌaɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [feth -er-lahyt]
    • /ˈfɛð ərˈlaɪt/

Definitions of featherlight word

  • adjective featherlight extremely light; light as a feather. 1
  • adjective featherlight extremely light 0
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Origin of featherlight

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40; feather + light2

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Parts of speech for Featherlight

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Featherlight

featherlight popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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