Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capitalitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cap-i-tali-tis
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tendency to use capital letters gratuitously.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Some people seem to have "capitalitis": they put capital letters on words randomly, regardless of whether the words are nouns, adjectives, or verbs."

Etymology

From capital + -itis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: capital

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does capitalitis mean?: The tendency to use capital letters gratuitously.
Where does capitalitis come from?: From capital + -itis.

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