Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discharity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-char-i-ty
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of charity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1839, Henry Brougham, Letter to the Duke of Bedford in Letters and Speeches on Various Subjects, Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1840, Volume 1, p. 79, Lawgivers of England! […] Be well assured, that the contempt lavished for centuries upon the cabals of Constantinople […] will be as a token of respect compared with the loud shout of universal scorn which all mankind in all ages will send up against you, if you stand still and suffer […] the parent of all evil, all falsehood, all hypocrisy, all discharity, all self-seeking […] to stalk about the fold and lay waste its inmates […]"
"For sheer discharity I’d never known anyone like Donna. I had thought her elegant and sophisticated. Now, I saw cankerous malice in a destroyer."

Etymology

From dis- + charity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

incharity uncharitableness uncharity

Questions

What does discharity mean?: Lack of charity.
Where does discharity come from?: From dis- + charity.

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