Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crayonista

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cray-on-ista
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.

noun

A plan created by such a person.

Example Sentences

"In case you haven’t been closely following our site through the year, a crayonista is someone who proposes rail schemes and seems to base their plans on a map or even a diagram and a set of crayons that they play with."
"Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die."
"Crayonista is the term used locally (though not unique) for a government official who comes up with hair brained schemes often related to road changes with weird shaped and coloured designs."
"Over the holiday, Matt Yglesias at Vox drew up a fantasy idea — crayonista — to reroute the Yellow and Red Lines through central DC."

Etymology

From crayon + -ista. Piecewise doublet of crayonist. First attested in 2013.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 2013

Word Breakdown

Suffix: crayon

Inflected Forms

crayonistas (plural)

Questions

What does crayonista mean?: Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.
Where does crayonista come from?: First known use: First attested in 2013.

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