erotematic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Interrogatory, proceeding by means of questions.
Example Sentences
- "Coordinate term: acroamatic"
- "[Questions] employment here does not mark a shift from the acroamatic (lecture-based) to the erotematic (interrogatory) method, for the answers are not known."
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin erōtēmaticus, from Koine Greek ἐρωτηματικός (erōtēmatikós, “interrogative; relating to questions”), from ἐρώτημα (erṓtēma, “question”) + -ικός (-ikós). Equivalent to obsolete erotema (“question”) + -tic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more erotematic (comparative)
most erotematic (superlative)