archy
/ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/adjective, noun
archy is an adjective meaning “Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-C-H-Y, and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Archy, the name).
What does archy mean?
adjective
- 1
Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
archy brows
noun
- 1
derogatoryA political theory or practice that supports hierarchy and authority; the opposite of anarchy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce archy?
- /ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/
As a noun (“A political theory or practice that supports hierarchy and…”): /ˈɑɹki/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl--archy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of archy
- more archy comparative
- most archy superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is archy?
Archy appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Archy, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Archy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense form of government or rule:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does archy come from?
From arch + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).