Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoaxical

/ˈhəʊks.ɪkl̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hoaxi-cal
IPA: /ˈhəʊks.ɪkl̩/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a hoax; having the character of a hoax.

Example Sentences

"XVI. Its want of unity, and therefore use,¶ Would ruin it; its hoaxical hodge-podging;¶ Dull quacks, smart quacks, cramped quacks, and quacks diffuse,[...]"
"A hoaxical looking article, under the above caption, is going the rounds and represents that successful experiments on this subject have been recently made at Berlin."
"Correpondingly, hoaxical, satiric, ironic and deconstructive Eureka-inspired readings should be distinguished from the noncosmological categories of hoaxical, satiric and ironic, and deconstructive readings."

Etymology

From hoax + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hoax

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈhəʊks.ɪkl̩/

Inflected Forms

more hoaxical (comparative) most hoaxical (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce hoaxical?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhəʊks.ɪkl̩/.
What does hoaxical mean?: Of or pertaining to a hoax; having the character of a hoax.
Where does hoaxical come from?: From hoax + -ical.

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