powys

Other forms of powys

plural

powyses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about powys

What does powys mean?

powys means "British writer of essays; one of three literary brothers (1884-1939)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in powys?

powys has 2 syllables: po-wys. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for powys?

Close synonyms include Llewelyn Powys, Theodore Francis Powys, John Cowper Powys. 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 powys a common word?

powys 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.