Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oneitis

/wʌnˈaɪtɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oneitis
IPA: /wʌnˈaɪtɪs/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Oneitis is more likely to attack chicks than dudes for reasons of biological conditioning, habitation, mother-child relationship and other scientific crap."
"But in the past eight months, I hadn't felt even a tremor of oneitis. In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable."

Etymology

From one + -itis.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: one

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce oneitis?: The recorded pronunciation is /wʌnˈaɪtɪs/.
What does oneitis mean?: Attraction towards a single potential partner to the exclusion of other possible partners.
Where does oneitis come from?: From one + -itis.

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