Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caginess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cagi-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being cagey.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And as a much better NYT comment piece on queerbaiting put it last year: “As self-serving as some celebrity caginess can be, you can’t build a world in which everyone feels free to self-identify by ordering everyone to self-identify.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English cagy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English caginess From cagy + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does caginess mean?: The quality of being cagey.
Where does caginess come from?: Etymology tree English cagy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English caginess From cagy + -ness.

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