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calamitist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
calami-tist
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extreme pessimist or doomsayer.

Etymology

From calamity + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

calamitists (plural)

Questions

What does calamitist mean?
An extreme pessimist or doomsayer.
Where does calamitist come from?
From calamity + -ist.

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