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hottentotism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hot-ten-to-tism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word or phrase adopted from the Hottentot language.

noun

A kind of stammer in which the words become unintelligible.

Dated

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Hottentot + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Hottentotisms (plural)

Questions

What does hottentotism mean?
A word or phrase adopted from the Hottentot language.
Where does hottentotism come from?
From Hottentot + -ism.

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