Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenderfootism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ten-der-foo-tism
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being a novice; inexperience.

Uncountable

Etymology

From tenderfoot + -ism.

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Questions

What does tenderfootism mean?
The quality of being a novice; inexperience.
Where does tenderfootism come from?
From tenderfoot + -ism.

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