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dicacity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-cac-i-ty
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

pertness; sauciness

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English dicacite, from Old French dicacité, from Latin dicācitās (whence -acity), from dicāx (“talkative”), from dīcō (“to speak, tell”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: dicacite, dicacité, dicācitās
  • Suffix: -acity

Usage

Inflected Forms

dicacities (plural)

Questions

What does dicacity mean?
pertness; sauciness
Where does dicacity come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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