Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imprudency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-pru-den-cy
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

An imprudent act.

Countable; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[T]he rival and the admirer would certainly avoid amending imprudencies, by which they were both equally likely to profit."
"I now most seriously do assure my Reader that she was entirely innocent; having never been guilty of anything more than Imprudencies into which she was betrayed by the openness of her Heart, her Youth, and her Education."

Etymology

From Latin imprūdēntia.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: imprūdēntia

Usage

Inflected Forms

imprudencies (plural)

Questions

What does imprudency mean?: The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness.
Where does imprudency come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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