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Words with Prefix “quick-” in English (US)
Browse English (US) words starting with the prefix “quick-”, complete with pronunciations, syllable breakdowns, and linguistic insights.
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quick- Old English origin, meaning 'living, active, swift'. Adjectival modifier.
quicksilverishness
5 syllables18 letters
quick·sil·ver·i·shness
/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvərɪʃnəs/
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The word 'quicksilverishness' is divided into five syllables: quick-sil-ver-i-shness, with primary stress on 'sil'. It's morphologically complex, built from the prefix 'quick-', root 'silver-', and suffixes '-ish' and '-ness'. Syllabification follows rules of maximizing onsets and ensuring each syllable has a vowel nucleus.