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bickerstaffian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bick-er-staffi-an
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Isaac Bickerstaff, a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then-famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge.

Etymology

Bickerstaff + -ian

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Bickerstaffian (comparative) most Bickerstaffian (superlative)

Questions

What does bickerstaffian mean?
Of or relating to Isaac Bickerstaff, a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then-famous Almanac-maker and astrologer John Partridge.
Where does bickerstaffian come from?
Bickerstaff + -ian

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