woollyheadedness
The word 'woolly-headedness' is divided into five syllables: wool-ly-head-ed-ness. The primary stress falls on the 'head' syllable. It's a noun formed from the root 'head' with prefixes and suffixes indicating a state of impracticality or foolishness. Syllabification follows standard English vowel-consonant division rules.
Definitions
- 1
The state of being absent-minded, impractical, or lacking in seriousness; foolishness.
“His woolly-headedness prevented him from making sound financial decisions.”
“She dismissed his ideas as the product of pure woolly-headedness.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('head'). The other syllables are unstressed.
Syllables
wool — Open syllable, vowel followed by a consonant.. ly — Open syllable, vowel followed by a consonant.. head — Closed syllable, vowel followed by a consonant cluster, primary stress.. ed — Closed syllable, vowel followed by a consonant.. ness — Closed syllable, vowel followed by a consonant.
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Vowel-Consonant Division
Syllables are typically divided after a vowel sound, especially when followed by a consonant.
Suffix Division
Suffixes are often separated into their own syllables, particularly when they contain vowels.
- The compound nature of the word could lead to alternative syllabifications, but the established rules prioritize vowel-consonant patterns.
- The 'ed' suffix can sometimes be reduced to /t/ in rapid speech, but this doesn't affect the syllabification.
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