Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenebrity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tenebri-ty
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being tenebrous; darkness, gloom.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin tenebrae (“darkness”) + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Root: *temH-
Suffix: tenebrae

Usage

Inflected Forms

tenebrities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

tenebrous

Questions

What does tenebrity mean?: The quality of being tenebrous; darkness, gloom.
Where does tenebrity come from?: From Latin tenebrae (“darkness”) + -ity.

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