p 3 r 1 e 1 t 1 e 1 n 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 u 1 s 1 n 1 e 1 s 1 s 1
15 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
noun the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
originEtymology tree English pretentious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pretentiousness From pretentious + -ness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- prettinesses 14
- resuspension 14
- septentrions 14
- spinnerettes 14
- unripenesses 14
- ineptnesses 13
- pettinesses 13
- piteousness 13
- pottinesses 13
- presentient 13
- presentists 13
- presentness 13