Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

debutantism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: debu-tan-tism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The status or behaviour of a debutante.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She was enjoying her return to society, but she had no desire to try a rebirth of debutantism."
"Her voice became cultivated, her walk poised, and her clothes had that choice air of debutantism."

Etymology

From debutante + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: debutante

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does debutantism mean?: The status or behaviour of a debutante.
Where does debutantism come from?: From debutante + -ism.

How to pronounce debutantism

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