Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homotosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mo-to-sis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lack of attractive home furnishings, regarded as a disorder.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Copywriters soon discovered and labeled over a hundred new diseases, including such transparent imitations as "bromodosis" (sweaty foot odors), "homotosis" (lack of attractive home furnishings), "acidosis" (sour stomach), and such inventive afflictions as "office hips," "ashtray breath," and "accelerator toe.""
"Some believed that a homemaker's worse nightmare in the 1920s was homotosis—the unenviable “disease” caused by the lack of nice furniture […]"

Etymology

From home and -osis.

Usage

Questions

What does homotosis mean?: A lack of attractive home furnishings, regarded as a disorder.
Where does homotosis come from?: From home and -osis.

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