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fenwickian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fen-wick-ian
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to a system of language learning, published in 1830 by Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet, that encouraged English people to learn French by translating English sentences into French, rather than the other way round.

Etymology

From Fenwick + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does fenwickian mean?
Relating to a system of language learning, published in 1830 by Louis Philippe R. Fenwick de Porquet, that encouraged English people to learn French by translating English sentences into French, rather than the other way round.
Where does fenwickian come from?
From Fenwick + -ian.

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