Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

midnight appointment

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: mid-night ap-point-ment
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The appointment of a new person to a role by the existing holder of the role, very shortly before leaving office.

Inflected Forms

midnight appointments (plural)

Questions

What does midnight appointment mean?: The appointment of a new person to a role by the existing holder of the role, very shortly before leaving office.

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