Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subterranity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ter-ran-i-ty
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An underground place

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] as we may conceive in ſtones and gems, as Diamonds, Beryls, Saphires and the like, whoſe generation we cannot with ſatisfaction confine unto the remote activity of the Sun, or the common operation of coldneſſe in the earth, but may more ſafely referre it unto a lapidificall ſuccity, and congelitive principle which determines prepared materials unto ſpecificall concretions. And therefore I feare we commonly conſider ſubterranities not in contemplations ſufficiently reſpective unto the creation."

Etymology

Apparently from subterrany + -ity. Compare subterraneity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: subterrany

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

subterranities (plural)

Synonyms

subterrany

Questions

What does subterranity mean?: An underground place
Where does subterranity come from?: Apparently from subterrany + -ity. Compare subterraneity.

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