Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

œconomical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: œco-nom-i-cal
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic spelling of economical.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"1815?, Captain Dugald Carmichael, F.L.s., the Rev. Colin Smith [ed.], Biographical Notice of the late Captain Dugald Carmichael, F.L.s., volume 2, >page 343; quoted in:"
"“ […] If the Europæans could, by the force of example, lead the wealthy Hindoos to enlarge the scale of their personal expenditure, it would tend to give them a disrelish for the unmeaning festivals of Doorga Pooja, and pave the way in all probability for a more œconomical creed. […] ”"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more œconomical (comparative) most œconomical (superlative)

Questions

What does œconomical mean?: Archaic spelling of economical.

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