Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bucknellian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: buck-nel-lian
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A student or alumnus of Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, United States.

adj

Of or relating to Bucknell University.

Etymology

From Bucknell + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Bucknell

Inflected Forms

Bucknellians (plural) more Bucknellian (comparative) most Bucknellian (superlative)

Questions

What does bucknellian mean?: A student or alumnus of Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, United States.
Where does bucknellian come from?: From Bucknell + -ian.

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