wry-necked

wry-necked

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [rahy nekt]
- /raɪ nɛkt/
- /raɪ nek/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rahy nekt]
- /raɪ nɛkt/

Definition of wry-necked word

adjective wry-necked afflicted with wryneck. 1

Just one definition for wry-necked

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Origin of wry-necked

First appearance:

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

First recorded in 1590-1600

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Wry-necked

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wry-necked

wry-necked popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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