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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mannerless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
man-ner-less
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

lacking good manners; impolite; ill-bred

adj

clumsy; graceless

Etymology

From Middle English manerles, equivalent to manner + -less.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more mannerless (comparative) most mannerless (superlative)

Derived Forms

mannerlessly mannerlessness

Synonyms

ill-mannered unmannered unmannerly

Questions

What does mannerless mean?
lacking good manners; impolite; ill-bred
Where does mannerless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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