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gesnerian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ges-ne-r-i-an
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Conrad Gesner (1516–1565), Swiss naturalist.

Etymology

From Gesner + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Gesnerian (comparative) most Gesnerian (superlative)

Questions

What does gesnerian mean?
Of or relating to Conrad Gesner (1516–1565), Swiss naturalist.
Where does gesnerian come from?
From Gesner + -ian.

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