Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pernicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-nic-i-ty
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

swiftness; celerity

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the rest that have no such armature, should be endued with great swiftness or pernicity"

Etymology

From pernic(ious) + -ity, from Latin pernicitas. See pernicious.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: pernicitas
Suffix: pernicious

Usage

Questions

What does pernicity mean?: swiftness; celerity
Where does pernicity come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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