Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eggceptional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: egg-cep-tion-al
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exceptional, when referring to eggs or Easter.

Humorous; Informal

Example Sentences

"In the contest, food service operators have the opportunity to win a $2,000 first prize, $1,000 second prize and $500 third prize in both commercial and non-commercial divisions for their "eggceptional" egg entrees."
"A veteran executive of such eggceptional breakfast-oriented chains as The Good Egg and First Watch, […]"
"An 'eggceptional' Easter Egg Hunt takes place around the Dock on April 23 and 24, from 1pm-3pm."

Etymology

Etymology tree English egg Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional blend English eggceptional Blend of egg + exceptional.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more eggceptional (comparative) most eggceptional (superlative) egg-ceptional (alternative)

Synonyms

eggcellent eggstraordinary

Questions

What does eggceptional mean?: Exceptional, when referring to eggs or Easter.
Where does eggceptional come from?: Etymology tree English egg Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception English -al English exceptional blend English eggceptional Blend of egg + exceptional.

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