Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surgeoncy

/ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sur-geon-cy
IPA: /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"Before she is able to have her own practice, she has to complete her house surgeoncy."
"1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. J—W—E., in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 4-5, […] his abilities, address, good nature, and good sense, have got him a surgeoncy in the batalion of guards, which is reckoned a very good thing."

Etymology

From surgeon + -cy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: surgeon

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

surgeoncies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

housemanship residency

Rhymes With

emergency urgency insurgency counterinsurgency assurgency divergency convergency detergency vergency turgency resurgency

Questions

How do you pronounce surgeoncy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/.
What does surgeoncy mean?: The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
Where does surgeoncy come from?: From surgeon + -cy.

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