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discreditable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
dis-cred-itable
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be discredited.

adj

Low, mean, bringing discredit.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English credit English discredit Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English discreditable From discredit + -able.

Inflected Forms

more discreditable (comparative) most discreditable (superlative)

Derived Forms

discreditableness discreditably

Questions

What does discreditable mean?
Able to be discredited.
Where does discreditable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English credit English discredit Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English discreditable From discredit + -able.

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