Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spreadeagleism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spread-ea-gleism
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pretentious, boastful, jingoistic attitude.

Uncountable

Etymology

From spread-eagle + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spread-eagle

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

spreadeaglism (alternative) spread-eagleism (alternative)

Questions

What does spreadeagleism mean?: A pretentious, boastful, jingoistic attitude.
Where does spreadeagleism come from?: From spread-eagle + -ism.

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