Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dronology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dronol-o-gy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Velvets melded folkadelic songcraft with a wall-of-noise aesthetic that was half Phil Spector, half La Monte Young — and thereby invented dronology, a term that loosely describes 50 per cent of today's post-rock activity."
"[…] label founder Jon Mueller, whose approach to percussion sits comfortably alongside Catlin's guitar dronology."

Etymology

From drone + -ology.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: drone

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does dronology mean?: The use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.
Where does dronology come from?: From drone + -ology.

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