Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weather-wise

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: weath-er--wise
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Skilled in predicting changes in the weather.

adj

Skilled in predicting changes in conditions, such as of public opinion.

adv

With respect to weather.

Example Sentences

"He glanced with a weatherwise eye at the sky now falling into evening tones - placid and still. "Drought's breaking, but this weather ought to hold for a bit.""
"Early in December, a rotten day weatherwise, Charley Partanna, CEO of the Prizzi family, sat behind his desk"
"Newfoundland is at the end of the line weather-wise, the last stop for storms that come across the continent or up the Atlantic seaboard"

Etymology

From weather + wise (“having wisdom”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: weather

Inflected Forms

more weather-wise (comparative) most weather-wise (superlative) weatherwise (alternative)

Questions

What does weather-wise mean?: Skilled in predicting changes in the weather.
Where does weather-wise come from?: From weather + wise (“having wisdom”).

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