Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

churlishness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: churl-ish-ness
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the state of being churlish

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English *churlischnesse, *cherlischnesse, from Old English ċeorlisċnes, equivalent to churlish + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: churlish
Root: *churlischnesse, ċeorlisċnes
Suffix: -ness

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does churlishness mean?: the state of being churlish
Where does churlishness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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