Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kookdom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kook-dom
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being a kook; eccentricity, weirdness.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] Paul Zindel aroused the hope that he might be a playwright in the Williams mode, one who could cast a kindly light in the dark corners of twisted souls. That is precisely the hope dashed by his latest play, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild. Here he is simply huckstering kookdom for cheap laughs, and not producing many of them at that."
"Inasmuch as I answered you in as much detail as is humanly possible, and you elided all of the answer, it would appear you are just resorting to kookdom now."

Etymology

From kook + -dom.

Usage

Synonyms

kookery kookiness kookishness

Questions

What does kookdom mean?: The state or quality of being a kook; eccentricity, weirdness.
Where does kookdom come from?: From kook + -dom.

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