Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

egency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
egen-cy
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

need; neediness; poverty.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin egentia from egere (“to need, to be in need”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

egence (alternative)

Questions

What does egency mean?
need; neediness; poverty.
Where does egency come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce egency

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