Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hendiadic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hen-di-adic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to hendiadys.

Example Sentences

"Syntactically, hendiadic constructions differ from synthetonic sequences in that the latter are separate clauses, and hence are separately negatable and may have different tenses and aspects and different subjects."

Etymology

From hendiadys + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hendiadys

Questions

What does hendiadic mean?: Pertaining to hendiadys.
Where does hendiadic come from?: From hendiadys + -ic.

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