coherency
/koʊˈhɪə.ɹən.si/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.05 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "even in all things therein created, there must be some image, somewhat resembling, and having coherencie with the workeman that wrought and framed them."
- "By ten o’clock the police organisation, and by midday even the railway organisations, were losing coherency, losing shape and efficiency, guttering, softening, running at last in that swift liquefaction of the social body."
- "Then, as she released me, I made it out to her, made it out perhaps only now with full coherency even to myself. “Two hours ago, in the garden”—I could scarce articulate—“Flora saw!”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin cohaerentia English coherency From Latin cohaerēntia.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /koʊˈhɪə.ɹən.si/
- British English: /kəʊˈhɪə.ɹən.si/