Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Pretentiousness” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• pret

  value, money

  Forms: prec, pret, pric, priz, prais

• tent

  to stretch tenu: thin, slender

  Forms: tend, tens, tent, tenu

• -ious

  having the qualities of, full of

  Forms: ous, eous, ious

• -ness

  forming an abstract noun that denoting action, quality, or state

  Forms: ness, esse, ice