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suspection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sus-pec-tion
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

suspicion

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English suspeccion, suspeccioun, suspeccyon, suspectyon, susspeccioun, from Latin suspectiō and Middle French suspeccion, suspection. Doublet of soupçon. By surface analysis, suspect + -ion.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: suspeccion,suspeccioun,suspeccyon,suspectyon,susspeccioun, suspectiō, suspeccion,suspection

Usage

Inflected Forms

suspections (plural)

Questions

What does suspection mean?
suspicion
Where does suspection come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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