Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

invalidism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-va-lidism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After two years of swaddled invalidism, Mrs. Morton emitted a final gassy sigh and died, whereas twenty years later Elihu was to go “just like that,” as the neighbors said, from a stroke."

Etymology

Etymology tree English invalid 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 invalidism From invalid + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

invalidisms (plural)

Synonyms

invalidhood

Questions

What does invalidism mean?: The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.
Where does invalidism come from?: Etymology tree English invalid 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 invalidism From invalid + -ism.

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