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dis legomenon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis- le-gomenon
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word that occurs only twice in a given corpus.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δὶς λεγόμενον (dìs legómenon, “(something) said only twice”), from δίς (dís, “twice, doubly, again”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: δὶς λεγόμενον

Inflected Forms

dis legomena (plural)

Phrases

hapax legomenon tetrakis legomenon tris legomenon

Frequently Paired Words

hapax legomenon tetrakis legomenon tris legomenon

Questions

What does dis legomenon mean?
A word that occurs only twice in a given corpus.
Where does dis legomenon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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