sentimentality
/sˌɛntəmɛntˈælɪti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English sentimentality From sentimental + -ity. The music sense is a calque of German Empfindsamkeit.