Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-descriptive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
self--de-scrip-tive
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From self- + descriptive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does self-descriptive mean?
Serving to describe oneself, being or providing a description of oneself.
Where does self-descriptive come from?
From self- + descriptive.

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