NYT Dictionary

MINORITY

/maɪˈnoɹ.ɪ.ti/

NounAdjectivemi-NOR-i-tymi-nor-i-ty · 4 syllablesGrade 6

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2018

Meaning

The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.

Origin: Middle English

From Late Middle English minoritie, from Middle French minorité, and its source Late Latin minōritās, from Latin minor. Morphologically minor + -ity.

childhood nonagedisabilitydisqualificationgreennesshumilityimbecilityimmaturity inabilityinadequacy

adulthoodmajority

No published puzzle dates on file for this word yet. It is part of the official NYT Spelling Bee word list for 2018.