eightpenny

1. 1.

   used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long

   Similarsized

Questions about eightpenny

What does eightpenny mean?

eightpenny means "used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long".

How many syllables are in eightpenny?

eightpenny has 3 syllables: eight-pen-ny. The stress falls on "eight".

Is eightpenny a common word?

eightpenny 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.