Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graciosity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gra-cios-i-ty
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

graciousness, usually in a bad sense, as implying duplicity

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English graciousete, partly from Middle French gracieuseté, partly modelled on Latin grātiōsitās, and probably also partly equivalent to gracious + -osity.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: graciousete, gracieuseté, grātiōsitās
Suffix: gracious

Usage

Questions

What does graciosity mean?: graciousness, usually in a bad sense, as implying duplicity
Where does graciosity come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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