Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

governessless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gov-erness-less
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a governess.

Etymology

From governess + -less.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does governessless mean?
Without a governess.
Where does governessless come from?
From governess + -less.

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