Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eight-legged essay

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: eight--legged es-say
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A standardized argumentative essay consisting of eight parts, written by candidates in the Chinese imperial examination.

Example Sentences

"In "Notes of Ling-hsiao and I-shih," Kuo-wen chou-pao, chüan 9, No. 28, July 18, 1932, p. 1, Chang Ch'ien, native of Nan-t'ung, Kiangsu, who later founded the big cotton mills, is described as beginning to study poem and eight-legged essay writing at twelve, becoming sheng-yüan at the early age of sixteen."

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 八股文 (bāgǔwén).

Inflected Forms

eight-legged essays (plural)

Questions

What does eight-legged essay mean?: A standardized argumentative essay consisting of eight parts, written by candidates in the Chinese imperial examination.
Where does eight-legged essay come from?: Calque of Chinese 八股文 (bāgǔwén).

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