Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rascaldom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ras-cal-dom
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being a rascal.

Uncountable

noun

Rascals collectively.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Thus Falstaff, in Shakspeare, is a character of the broadest comedy, giving himself unreservedly to the senses, coolly ignoring the Reason, whilst he invokes its name, pretending to patriotism and to parental virtues, not with any intent to deceive, but only to make the fun perfect by enjoying the confusion betwixt reason and the negation of reason,—in other words, the rank rascaldom he is calling by its name."

Etymology

From rascal + -dom.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rascal

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

rascaldoms (plural)

Questions

What does rascaldom mean?: The state of being a rascal.
Where does rascaldom come from?: From rascal + -dom.

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