waxycap

Other forms of waxycap

plural

waxycaps·

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 waxycap

What does waxycap mean?

waxycap means "any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance".

How many syllables are in waxycap?

waxycap has 3 syllables and divides as wax-y-cap under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is waxycap a common word?

waxycap is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.