banana-ey
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of bananery.
Example Sentences
- "‘No, ma’am, thank you,’ said Rorie hastily, through a peanutty, banana-ey mouthful."
- "DEAD BANANAS CAKE / This oh so banana-ey cake has been named by my girls due to their horror at how black the bananas are that I use."
- "("I'm tempted to say that a screaming comes across the tongue ... But no screaming comes. It's just beautifully smooth and syrupy. Tastes warm and a bit spicy. A little banana-ey? Smells terrific too")."
- "You’ll see its huge foamy head and cloudy amber body, but then you’ll smell two of the most distinctive yeast character in all of beer: banana and clove. Some are more banana-ey, some are more clovey; but they’re always there."
- "They could make all different cupcakes – chocolatey, lemony, strawberry, banana-ey, even heart-shaped ones."
- "I listened to Siti and the man as they talked and I breathed in the thick banana-ey smell and completely forgot about everything else: […]"
Etymology
From banana + -ey.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more banana-ey (comparative)
most banana-ey (superlative)