Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sesquicentury

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sesqui-cen-tu-ry
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period of one hundred and fifty years.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does sesquicentury mean?
A period of one hundred and fifty years.

How to pronounce sesquicentury

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