Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

erraticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: er-rati-cism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

erratic behaviour

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The irony I spoke of above has to do with Young's growing conservatism, which seems to have served as an umbrella of sorts for both his puritanism and his continuing erraticism."

Etymology

From erratic + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: erratic

Usage

Inflected Forms

erraticisms (plural)

Questions

What does erraticism mean?: erratic behaviour
Where does erraticism come from?: From erratic + -ism.

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