Etymology

suckitude

suck·i·tude
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Today it means: The condition, quality, extent, or measure of the degree to which something or someone sucks; suckiness. Full definition →

English suck ← Middle English souken ← Old English sūcan
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  1. Proto-Germanic*sūkaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*sūkan
  3. Old Englishsūcan
  4. Middle Englishsouken
  5. Englishsuck
  6. English todaysuckitude

From suck + -itude, by analogy with words such as altitude, gratitude, etc.

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