Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surdity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sur-di-ty
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Deafness

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Voicelessness.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From surd + -ity, from Latin surditas.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does surdity mean?
Deafness
Where does surdity come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce surdity

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