tuskegee
/tʌsˈkiːɡiː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on.
name
A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States.
name
A former town of the Overhill Cherokee people, located along the Little Tennessee River in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.
name
The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.
name
Tuskegee National Forest.
name
Tuskegee University.
noun
An unethical experiment on humans.
noun
One of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Example Sentences
- "Responding with some heat to Angell's criticisms—they described comparisons to Tuskegee as "inflammatory and wrong"—the writers explained that cultural differences were at the heart of the problem."
- "You couldn't have a Tuskegee with a community consultation requirement, or even with public notification, because people would say, 'No, this stinks.'"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Tasquiqui, Taskeke