Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caligulan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: caligu-lan
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Caligula (AD 12–41), Roman Emperor.

adj

Brutally cruel and tyrannical.

Example Sentences

"The Caligulan malice with which Donald Trump administered Paul Ryan’s degradation is an object lesson in the price of abject capitulation to power."
"In many ways, the company’s four-week tailspin has been a one-of-a-kind spectacle. Documents filed in anticipation of its public offering revealed a pattern of behavior from its founder and chief executive, Adam Neumann, that fits somewhere on the spectrum between highly eccentric and vaguely Caligulan."

Etymology

From Caligula + -an, named after Roman Emperor Caligula (12 CE–41 CE).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Caligula

Inflected Forms

more Caligulan (comparative) most Caligulan (superlative) Caligulian (alternative) Caligulean (alternative) Caligularian (alternative)

Questions

What does caligulan mean?: Of or pertaining to Caligula (AD 12–41), Roman Emperor.
Where does caligulan come from?: From Caligula + -an, named after Roman Emperor Caligula (12 CE–41 CE).

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