pronouncement
/pɹənˈaʊnsmənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
An utterance.
Example Sentences
- "The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict."
- "Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment."
- "His pronouncements carried great authority, but his physical difficulties often caused them to be enigmatic in their brevity."
- "This grinchy pronouncement by the president had the value of being truthful."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento.