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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heady

/ˈhɛdi/ adjective, proper noun

Forms headier headiest Headys

  1. adjective Intoxicating or stupefying. “The cocktail was a heady mixture of spirits.”
  2. adjective Tending to upset the mind or senses. “We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.”
  3. adjective Exhilarating or exciting; producing a feeling of high energy or confidence: “The rock concert was a heady mixture of their greatest hits.”
  4. adjective (by extension, typically of economic or industrial trends) rapid, substantial, or breakneck in growth. “Home sales remained steady, although running slightly below the previous month's heady pace.”
  5. adjective Intellectual. “Kierkegaard is rather heady reading for a high school student.”
  6. adjective Rash or impetuous. “He made such heady promises that when the time came, he was never able to fulfill them.”
  7. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

judicious wise intoxicating foolhardy rash reckless

Etymology

From Middle English hedi, hevedi, equivalent to head + -y.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
  2. adjective Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.

Etymology [From Head.]

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