Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indirigibility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-di-ri-gi-bil-i-ty
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or state of being indirigible or unsteerable.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It is not generally recognised that complications of this kind arise solely through the indirigibility of tramcars."
"[…] extension of the tramway system which involves not only the permanent congestion of streets by reason of the indirigibility of the vehicles […]"
"Its success was natural enough, reflecting as it did and in reflecting magnifying, the hopes, fears, follies and prejudices of the ordinary middle-class man, and by focussing them all together upon any desired end achieving weight and power — if also the indirigibility — of an avalanche."

Etymology

From indirigible + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: indirigible

Usage

Questions

What does indirigibility mean?: The quality or state of being indirigible or unsteerable.
Where does indirigibility come from?: From indirigible + -ity.

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