fourpenny
/ˈfɔːpəni/adjective, noun
fourpenny is an adjective meaning “Costing fourpence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U-R-P-E-N-N-Y, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fourpenny mean?
adjective
- 1
datedCosting fourpence.
noun
- 1
A coin or stamp worth fourpence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fourpenny?
- UK /ˈfɔːpəni/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fourpenny
- fourpennies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fourpenny?
Fourpenny appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fourpenny come from?
From four + penny.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).