Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil negation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: dev-il nega-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon observed especially in some languages such as Modern Irish, where a special kind of negative expression is formed using words meaning devil or demon.

Inflected Forms

devil's negation (alternative)

Questions

What does devil negation mean?: A phenomenon observed especially in some languages such as Modern Irish, where a special kind of negative expression is formed using words meaning devil or demon.

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