Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

debussyst

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-bussyst
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the musical style of Claude Debussy; Debussyan.

noun

An admirer, a supporter or a specialist of Claude Debussy; a Debussyan.

Example Sentences

"[...] the Debussyst revolution is then only a natural episode of the onward march of our musical art."
"[...] the Debussyst abuse of precious titles."
"[...] a Debussyst prelude to Maeterlinck's play Aglavaine et Sélysette."
"I have never attacked Debussy. My worry is the Debussysts."
"[...] the Debussysts continued to revile, even after it won some degree of legitimization at the Conservatoire."
"[...] the "Debussysts," on the other [...]"

Etymology

From Debussy + -ist.

Inflected Forms

more Debussyst (comparative) most Debussyst (superlative) Debussysts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Debussyan Debussysm

Synonyms

Debussyan

Questions

What does debussyst mean?: Of or relating to the musical style of Claude Debussy; Debussyan.
Where does debussyst come from?: From Debussy + -ist.

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