youngmannishness
The word 'young-mannishness' is divided into four syllables: young-man-nish-ness. Stress falls on 'nish'. It's a noun formed from the prefix 'young-', root 'man', and suffixes '-ish' and '-ness'. Syllabification follows standard English vowel-consonant and consonant cluster rules.
Definitions
- 1
The qualities or characteristics associated with young men; immaturity or a lack of seriousness.
“His behavior was marked by a certain young-mannishness that irritated his colleagues.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('nish'). The first two ('young', 'man') and the last ('ness') are unstressed.
Syllables
young — Open syllable, unstressed.. man — Open syllable, unstressed.. nish — Closed syllable, stressed.. ness — Closed syllable, unstressed.
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Vowel-Consonant (VC)
Syllables typically end in a vowel sound.
Consonant Cluster
Consonant clusters are generally maintained within a syllable.
Stress Assignment
Stress falls on the syllable containing the most prominent vowel sound, often influenced by morphological structure.
- The hyphen in 'young-man' doesn't affect syllabification; it's treated as a single unit for stress assignment but is divided into two syllables based on vowel sounds.
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