Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incorrigibility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-cor-ri-gi-bil-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being incorrigible.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In keeping with the goals of the new eugenics movement, McCulloch was claiming to offer scientific evidence of the incorrigibility of poor rural whites."

Etymology

Etymology tree English incorrigible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English incorrigibility From incorrigible + -ity.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does incorrigibility mean?: The condition of being incorrigible.
Where does incorrigibility come from?: Etymology tree English incorrigible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English incorrigibility From incorrigible + -ity.

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