Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truehood

/ˈtɹuːˌhʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: true-hood
IPA: /ˈtɹuːˌhʊd/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a true statement; a truth.

Countable

noun

the property of being true; truth.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“What about disseminating truehoods that also happen to be derogatory?”"
"It is part good, part evil, part falsehood, part truehood."

Etymology

From true + -hood, modelled after falsehood. Compare Middle English treuhede, trewhede (“faithfulness; the quality of being in the right”, literally “true-hood”).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈtɹuːˌhʊd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

truehoods (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce truehood?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɹuːˌhʊd/.
What does truehood mean?: a true statement; a truth.
Where does truehood come from?: From true + -hood, modelled after falsehood. Compare Middle English treuhede, trewhede (“faithfulness; the quality of being in the right”, literally “true-hood”).

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