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reluctancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-luc-tan-cy
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Resistance, opposition.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Reluctance, disinclination.

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From reluct(ant) + -ancy, from Latin relū̆ctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + lū̆ctor (“to struggle”). Doublet of reluctance.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

reluctancies (plural)

Questions

What does reluctancy mean?
Resistance, opposition.
Where does reluctancy come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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