Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-convicted

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: self---con-vict-ed
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, or avowal.

Example Sentences

"In a better cause, what fortitude, what endurance, would have belonged to her nature! even humiliated, self-convicted as she felt, her native pride could not quite desert her."

Etymology

From self- + convicted.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: self

Questions

What does self-convicted mean?: Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, or avowal.
Where does self-convicted come from?: From self- + convicted.

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