Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hucksterism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
huck-ster-ism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English huckster Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hucksterism From huckster + -ism.

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Questions

What does hucksterism mean?
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
Where does hucksterism come from?
Etymology tree English huckster Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hucksterism From huckster + -ism.

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