Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irreticence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ir-ret-i-cence
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Unreservedness; the property of being irreticent.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

From ir- + reticence, apparently coined by Virginia Woolf in Mrs. Dalloway.

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What does irreticence mean?
Unreservedness; the property of being irreticent.
Where does irreticence come from?
From ir- + reticence, apparently coined by Virginia Woolf in Mrs. Dalloway.

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