Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-clinging

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: self---cling-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That clings to itself.

adj

Of a strong attachment or fixation on one's sense of self.

Example Sentences

"The self-clinging species sometimes need to be fixed to the wall at first so as to give them a hold, when they will afterwards require no support."

Etymology

From self- + clinging.

Inflected Forms

more self-clinging (comparative) most self-clinging (superlative)

Questions

What does self-clinging mean?: That clings to itself.
Where does self-clinging come from?: From self- + clinging.

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