Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bogosity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bo-gos-i-ty
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or degree of being bogus.

Countable; Humorous; Uncountable

noun

Something that is bogus.

Countable; Humorous

Example Sentences

"When they both had commented sourly and at length about the inflated bogosity of tourist hotel food and particularly the mendacious misuse of the English language to describe materials which had certainly been in various deep-freezes for at least six months, they settled down on the balcony to discuss Bond’s findings of the morning."

Etymology

From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -osity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bogosities (plural)

Derived Forms

bogotic

Frequently Paired Words

bogon

Questions

What does bogosity mean?: The state or degree of being bogus.
Where does bogosity come from?: From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -osity.

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