Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sirehood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sire-hood
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being a father.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The female signal is thus "honest enough" to give the dominant male a reasonable degree of paternity certainty while leaving other males with a smaller (but greater than zero) probability of sirehood."

Etymology

From sire + -hood. Piecewise doublet of seniorhood.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sire

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does sirehood mean?: The property of being a father.
Where does sirehood come from?: From sire + -hood. Piecewise doublet of seniorhood.

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