Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-effacingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: self---ef-fac-ing-ness
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Having the quality of humility.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"John stated he had, "done his small part", with his usual self-effacingness."

Etymology

From self-effacing + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: self-effacing

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does self-effacingness mean?: Having the quality of humility.
Where does self-effacingness come from?: From self-effacing + -ness.

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