Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

significant-othered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: sig-nif-i-can-t-othered
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a significant other.

Example Sentences

"But along the way, the hunk lost his job and moved; and my roommate and her husband separated, so none of them are coming. :( And now, I think I'm the only single or non-significant-othered person who'll be there..."
"Three women are college professors; a few didn’t get any farther than high school. We represent the married, widowed, single, significant-othered, divorced; some have children, grandchildren, even great-grandchildren."
"The time draws near when pink and red creep insidiously into the periphery, jewelry retailers go into overdrive and drugstore aisles burst with cherubs for the one holiday of the year that separates the singletons from the significant-othered."

Etymology

From significant other + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: significant other

Inflected Forms

significant othered (alternative)

Synonyms

significantly othered

Questions

What does significant-othered mean?: Having a significant other.
Where does significant-othered come from?: From significant other + -ed.

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