Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fussbudgetry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fuss-bud-getry
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristics and behaviors of a fussbudget; petty complaining.

Canadian usage; American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"All these interested Porter, but not most New Yorker readers; and his self-indulgent operation has produced most of the time not the valuable critical writing his gifts promised but a flood of historical and musical fussbudgetry that was a waste of his attention and time and theirs."
"Romeo and Juliet refuses the audience a pause at Romeo's death; rather it switches perspective, with a welcome shock, to fussbudgetry."
"Alas, fussbudgetry has no place in prayer, just as emotional manipulation has no place in a loving relationship."

Etymology

From fussbudget + -ry.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fussbudget

Usage

Inflected Forms

fuss-budgetry (alternative)

Questions

What does fussbudgetry mean?: The characteristics and behaviors of a fussbudget; petty complaining.
Where does fussbudgetry come from?: From fussbudget + -ry.

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