Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-confessed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: self---con-fessed
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

According to a person's own confession or admission.

Example Sentences

"American democracy still prefers candidates to go from door to door and picnic to picnic, shaking hands. Trump is going have to conquer his self-confessed germophobia if he’s going to win"
"A self-confessed novice in transport policy, it didn't take long for Greenwood to become well acquainted with the subject."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English confessed English self-confessed From self- + confessed.

Questions

What does self-confessed mean?: According to a person's own confession or admission.
Where does self-confessed come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English confessed English self-confessed From self- + confessed.

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