big-brotherliness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“No—not on that one!” he objected, with that little air of big-brotherliness which Katherine always loved to see."
- "We need only pay attention to the junior, enter truly into some bit of his life to hold his allegiance, and keep his interests on our side. It is not from lack of religious ceremony, but from lack of genuine big-brotherliness that juniors are lost."
- "Only the intonation in his voice, his whole manner, his diffident fatherliness, or at least big-brotherliness, had indicated, with the most rigorous precision, a very young person: [...]"
- "Early, he showed a non-condescending big-brotherliness towards his companion priests of the Missouri Mission."
Etymology
Etymology tree English big brother Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English big-brotherly Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English big-brotherliness From big-brotherly + -ness.
Usage
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
big brother
big-brotherish
Big Brotherish
Big Brotherism
big-brotherism
big-brotherly
big-sisterliness
Synonyms
big-brotherism / big brotherism