predicament
/pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An unfortunate or trying position or condition.
noun
That which is predicated; a category.
Example Sentences
- "Culture, for me, is the effort to provide a coherent set of answers to the existential predicaments that confront all human beings in the passage of their life."
- "The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men."
Etymology
From Middle English predicament, from Old French predicament, from Late Latin praedicāmentum (“that which is predicated, a predicament, category”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *deyḱ-, predicament, praedicāmentum