Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recalcitrancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-cal-ci-tran-cy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

In use since at least 1869 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985).

Usage

Inflected Forms

recalcitrancies (plural)

Synonyms

refractoriness unmanageableness recalcitrance

Questions

What does recalcitrancy mean?: recalcitrance
Where does recalcitrancy come from?: In use since at least 1869 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985).

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