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hepburnian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hep-bur-ni-an
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to James Curtis Hepburn or his system of romanization of the Japanese language.

Etymology

From Hepburn + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Hepburnian (comparative) most Hepburnian (superlative)

Questions

What does hepburnian mean?
Of or pertaining to James Curtis Hepburn or his system of romanization of the Japanese language.
Where does hepburnian come from?
From Hepburn + -ian.

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