Sadducee
nounHow to pronounce Sadducee:
Definition of Sadducee:
- Sadducee (noun):
- a member of a jewish party of the intertestamental period consisting of a traditional ruling class of priests and rejecting doctrines not in the law (such as resurrection, retribution in a future life, and the existence of angels)
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- herculean
- chronicle
- wanderlust
- tiredly
- talented
- petrify
- adopted
- unbending
- aweather
- pensively
- vocalize
- presently
- dactylic
- craziness
- sorriest
- opossum
- contortion
- pisaca
- subpoena
- ruggedness
- bona fide
- stadium
- pattering
- helpfulness
- eviler
- downtrodden
- peridot
- vibrancy
- reassurance
- overtop
- papilla
- faithfulness
- assuming
- unfasten
- reuniting
- preordained
- Nevada
- interval
- Fukiko
- chimera
- manyfold
- tentative
- Rubenesque
- hereof
- rickety
- unison
- unflagging
- umbrageous
- raspberry
- hearkening
- … more
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The longest English word without repeated letters, 'uncopyrightable', has seven syllables.
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