Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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edgy

/ˈɛd͡ʒi/ adjective

Forms edgier edgiest

  1. adjective Nervous, apprehensive.
  2. adjective (entertainment, advertising) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
  3. adjective (figurative) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
  4. adjective (dated) Irritable. “an edgy temper”
  5. adjective (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
  6. adjective Sharp; having prominent edges.
  7. adjective (slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
  8. adjective (Internet slang) Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.

Synonyms

high-strung highly strung jittery jumpy nervy overstrung restive uptight

Etymology

From edge + -y. Compare German eckig (“angular, edgy”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.
  2. adjective Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture." Hazlitt.

Etymology [From Edge.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “edgy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details