Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proprietousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-pri-etous-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being proprietous or proper; properness

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The inappropriate disapproval of this infantile innocence by the virginal proprietousness of a Gerty MacDowell--another prudish character whose nature proves irrepressible--is seen in the final image..."

Etymology

From proprietous + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does proprietousness mean?: The state of being proprietous or proper; properness
Where does proprietousness come from?: From proprietous + -ness.

How to pronounce proprietousness

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