jamais vu
/ˌʒɑː.meɪ ˈvuː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sense of unfamiliarity with, or of never having experienced or seen before, something that should be familiar.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The subtle, recurring confusion between illusion and reality that was characteristic of paramnesia fascinated the chaplain, and he knew a number of things about it. He knew, for example, that it was called paramnesia, and he was interested as well in such corollary optical phenomena as jamais vu, never seen, and presque vu, almost seen."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: jamais