Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neat-freakery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: neat-f-reak-ery
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsessive tidiness or cleanliness; behavior characteristic of neat freaks.

American usage; Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Oskar's neat-freakery only made minuscule 'lapses' like that more noticeable. He had the assistance of a cleaner, of course. But how thorough was the cleaner? London was full of Eastern European women working as domestic cleaners, but I ..."
"need him right now, and his neat-freakery. I definitely don't want to move in with him. The man keeps all his shoes in labelled boxes according to their Pantone shade!” Zoë and I laughed out loud; well aware that Lauren was exaggerating, but the ..."
"He got up and grabbed his T-shirt from the neat pile on the chair beside the bed. When we first started dating, he'd toss his clothes onto the floor with abandon, but my neat-freakery has changed all that. "No." He held up a hand, one pant leg."

Etymology

From neat freak + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: neat freak

Usage

Questions

What does neat-freakery mean?: Obsessive tidiness or cleanliness; behavior characteristic of neat freaks.
Where does neat-freakery come from?: From neat freak + -ery.

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