buttony

What does buttony mean?

buttony means "small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in buttony?

buttony has 3 syllables: but-to-ny. The stress falls on "but".

What is another word for buttony?

Close synonyms include beady, beadlike, buttonlike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buttony a common word?

buttony is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for buttony come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.