Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bunyanian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bun-ya-ni-an
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to John Bunyan (1628–1688), English Christian writer and preacher, best known for his allegorical book The Pilgrim's Progress.

Example Sentences

"And let us say of them, once for all, that, although not profound, neither were they shallow in thought, not metaphysical or imaginative, they were sufficiently suggestive, very scriptural, and charmingly child-like and Bunyanian in spirit and in style, and if never florid in language they were always fervid in spirit."

Etymology

From Bunyan + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Bunyan

Inflected Forms

more Bunyanian (comparative) most Bunyanian (superlative)

Questions

What does bunyanian mean?: Of or relating to John Bunyan (1628–1688), English Christian writer and preacher, best known for his allegorical book The Pilgrim's Progress.
Where does bunyanian come from?: From Bunyan + -ian.

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