Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefashionable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-fash-ion-able
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to becoming fashionable.

Example Sentences

"Mr. Jacobs once described another of these films, “Blonde Cobra” (1959-63), edited from footage shot by Bob Fleischner, as a “look in on an exploding life, on a man of imagination suffering prefashionable Lower East Side deprivation and consumed with American 1950s, ’40s, ’30s disgust.”"

Etymology

From pre- + fashionable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does prefashionable mean?: Prior to becoming fashionable.
Where does prefashionable come from?: From pre- + fashionable.

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