Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unchaperoned

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
un-chap-er-oned
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not chaperoned; not having a chaperone

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English chaperoned English unchaperoned From un- + chaperoned.

Inflected Forms

more unchaperoned (comparative) most unchaperoned (superlative)

Questions

What does unchaperoned mean?
Not chaperoned; not having a chaperone
Where does unchaperoned come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English chaperoned English unchaperoned From un- + chaperoned.

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