rationability
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And, if on twenty pounds of fluid, one of humours is to be defalcated: ſhould you evaporate the whole together to one ſcruple, would you not always find in that ſcruple ſtill one grain of humours?—I will ſay no more, nor lay greater ſtreſs on that ſubjeft, but leave every one to judge for himſelf, according to his own private ſenſe, of the rationabllity of ſuch proceedings."
- "Since God’s revelation comes to full expression in human life, it is henceforth life with all its ambiguities and lack of rationability that becomes the norm."
- "‘[…] And we will be fighting or panicking or heaven knows what, without knowing why – and if there ever was a reason it will have dissipated long before.’ ‘Yes. To cope with this, we both have to have our reason – no, our rationability – in perfect order. And our feet on firm ground.’"
Etymology
From Middle English racionabilite, a learned borrowing from Classical Latin ratiōnābilitās. By surface analysis, ration(able) + -ability. Piecewise doublet of reasonability.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: racionabilite, ratiōnābilitās