Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cattiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: cat-ti-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being catty; cattishness

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2004 Ward Hunt et.al. - James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers Who had been tapped for the new society, and why, had become a topic of local gossip, conjecture, and even cattiness."

Etymology

Etymology tree English catty 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 cattiness From catty + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cattinesses (plural)

Synonyms

bitchiness spite spitefulness nastiness

Questions

What does cattiness mean?: The quality of being catty; cattishness
Where does cattiness come from?: Etymology tree English catty 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 cattiness From catty + -ness.

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