Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bickerment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bick-er-ment
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Argument, bickering.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Artegall, arriving happily, / Did stay a while their greedy bickerment, / Till he had questioned the cause of their dissent."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bikjaną Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan Old Dutch *bikken Middle Dutch bickenbor. Proto-Germanic *-urōną Proto-West Germanic *-urōn Old English -erian Middle English -eren Middle English bikeren English bicker Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English bickerment From bicker + -ment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bickerments (plural)

Questions

What does bickerment mean?: Argument, bickering.
Where does bickerment come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bikjaną Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan Old Dutch *bikken Middle Dutch bickenbor. Proto-Germanic *-urōną Proto-West Germanic *-urōn Old English -erian Middle English -eren Middle English bikeren English bicker Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English bickerment From bicker + -ment.

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