fashionfancying
The word 'fashion-fancying' is divided into five syllables: fash-ion-fan-cy-ing. The primary stress falls on 'fan'. It's morphologically composed of the root 'fashion' and the suffix 'fancying', functioning as an adjective. Syllabification follows standard English rules based on vowel-consonant patterns.
Definitions
- 1
Relating to or characterized by a strong interest in and imaginative engagement with fashion.
“She had a fashion-fancying mind, always dreaming up new styles.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('fan').
Syllables
fash — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant blend.. ion — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. fan — Open syllable, vowel preceded and followed by consonants.. cy — Closed syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. ing — Closed syllable, vowel followed by nasal consonant blend.
Word Parts
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Open Syllable
Vowel followed by a consonant blend or single consonant.
Closed Syllable
Vowel followed by a consonant.
Suffix Syllabification
Suffixes are syllabified based on their vowel-consonant structure.
- The hyphenated structure is a visual cue but does not alter the orthographic syllabification rules.
- The 'ion' and 'ing' morphemes are treated as individual syllables based on the orthographic structure.
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