Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extraparliamentary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tra-parlia-men-tary
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Outside of a parliament or legislature.

Example Sentences

"Having lost at the polls they were bent on attempting to capture power: through extraparliamentary means."
"Unlike Jackson, he has not made himself part of a political movement or exercised extraparliamentary leadership, except in his early newspapering days."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English parliamentary English extraparliamentary From extra- + parliamentary.

Questions

What does extraparliamentary mean?: Outside of a parliament or legislature.
Where does extraparliamentary come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English parliamentary English extraparliamentary From extra- + parliamentary.

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