Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alamodality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: alam-odal-i-ty
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being fashionable.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Doubtless it hath been selected for me because of its alamodality,- a good and pregnant word, on the fitness of which some German whose name appears to be erroneously as well as uncouthly written Geamoenus, is said to have composed a dissertation."
"Gwendolyn Hackworth hadn't packed a parasol, but she was untroubled; she'd always had a kind of natural, unconscious alamodality."

Etymology

From à la mode + -ality.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: à la mode

Usage

Questions

What does alamodality mean?: The quality of being fashionable.
Where does alamodality come from?: From à la mode + -ality.

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