faucian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Ascribed to or characteristic of Anthony Fauci.
adj
Pertaining to the Fauci family of Ancient Rome.
Example Sentences
- "Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. has served […] as our heroic servant leader during our current COVID-19 pandemic. His authoritative persona has engendered our trust because he is seen as an honest, credible truth-teller"
- "Sensible folks will take a more Faucian approach and hold small gatherings at home"
- "The biggest winners will be states who locked down the hardest during the pandemic. Their “Faucian bargain” has now paid off."
- "People need clarity and truth, not Faucian Newspeak."
- "The Faucian curia is likewise stated to have been considered unlucky , as having been the first in the year both of the Gallic capture of the city , and of the Caudine disaster -- to which Licinius Macer added the Cremera;"
- "Papirius appointed Caius Junius Bubulcus master of the horse; and, as he was proceeding in an assembly of the Curiæ to get an order passed respecting the command of the army, an unlucky omen obliged him to adjourn it; for the Curia which was to vote first, happened to be the Faucian, remarkably distinguished by two disasters, the taking of the city, and the Caudine peace; the same Curia having voted first in those years in which the said events are found."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: an
Inflected Forms
more Faucian (comparative)
most Faucian (superlative)