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knickknackery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"As Hortense says of the gilded knicknackery of her saloon,— "Est-ce utile? C'est plus, c'est nécessaire.""

Etymology tree English knickknack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English knickknackery From knickknack + -ery.

What does knickknackery mean?: Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
Where does knickknackery come from?: Etymology tree English knickknack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English knickknackery From knickknack + -ery.

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