farlie

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 9
Words With Friends: 10
Letters: 6

Definition of farlie

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(UK, obsolete)An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder.

“(Whilst thus himselfe to please, the mightie Mountaine tells Such farlies of his Cluyd, and of his wondrous Wells)”
“I saw, in passing, many a farlie and fine things, such as St Paul's and the Tower”

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Etymology

From Middle English farli, ferly, ferlich, feorlich (“a wonderful thing, a marvel, a wonder”), from Middle English farli, ferly, verlich, ferlik, ferlic, feorlic (“terrible, marvellous, wonderful”), from Old English fǣrlīċ (“sudden, unexpected, quick, horrible”), equivalent to fear + -ly. Cognate with Scots ferlie (“farlie”), Old Norse ferlíki, ferlíkan (“a monster, abnormality, monstrosity”), Old Norse ferligr (“monstrous”).

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