Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

funniment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fun-ni-ment
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For the funniments of the fair, I confess I have little relish. Springing a rattle, I always deemed something too serious for a joke; and no nautical gentleman ever yet laughed at having his back scratched."
"[…]; and at some of Barry’s funniments the Prince of Wales and his royal sister laughed[…]"
"His disguise as the Baron Mugwump also lent itself to much funniment."
"Therefore he has Berowne leave the stage first, lets Costard lag behind for a little solitary funniment, and then bolt after Berowne. If the funniment raises a laugh, that breaks contact, as it were, and continuity."
"Mrs. Levine, mother of former Councilman Arnold Levine, totes around an array of jokes and general funniments."

Etymology

From funny + -ment, on model of merriment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: funny

Usage

Inflected Forms

funniments (plural)

Questions

What does funniment mean?: Drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action.
Where does funniment come from?: From funny + -ment, on model of merriment.

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