un-americanness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[Edward] Harrigan, who is best remembered for his turn-of-the-twentieth-century musical comedies with collaborator Tony Hart, went on to clarify that “if it isn't native, it isn't New York,” by way of explaining the un-Americanness presumably espoused by these new immigrants."
Etymology
Etymology tree English un-American Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English un-Americanness From un-American + -ness.
Usage
Frequently Paired Words
anti-Americanness