Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fashionability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: fash-ion-abil-i-ty
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fashionableness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And now, if all the devices made use of on the occasion we have suggested—scowls, contemptuosities, cries of “humbug,” “devil in’t,“ charlatanry, and the hue and cry of editors, D. D.’s, M. D.’s, priests, lawyers, fashionability of churches, etc., put into grand action for reversing the mighty current of the Mrs. Scip., would prove a non sequitur, you can judge of the result of similar action upon the great “humbug,” Spiritualism; […]"
"It is as uncomfortable for us to wear stilettos as it would be for you. It's just that some women don't see an inability to walk as a problem in the pursuit of (misguided) fashionability."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fashionable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fashionability From fashionable + -ity.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

fashionabilities (plural)

Questions

What does fashionability mean?: Fashionableness.
Where does fashionability come from?: Etymology tree English fashionable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fashionability From fashionable + -ity.

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