Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoci-poci

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-ci-poci
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of hocus-pocus

Example Sentences

"After the various hoci-poci had been achieved, we were led up to the graduate who shared at that time with Elihu Root and “Sunny Jim” Sherman the aura of considerable fame."
"Maybe it’s just a disease which owes its origin to football, but anyhow—the boys who excel in speed, stamina, and muscle surely do have their share of pre-game hoci-poci."
"Black-robed judges, ponderous oaths of admission, apprenticeship notions and rigorous bar examinations, professional renunciation of self-advertisement and a hundred lesser hoci-poci characterize the brotherhood."
"I also resent the fact that for an opportunistic politician, the whole country is thrown into mourning with all the mumbo-jumbo, incantations and even the hoci poci, while the 400-odd are offered as statistics."

Etymology

Formed by changing singular -us to plural -i, as in the Latin second declension.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does hoci-poci mean?: plural of hocus-pocus
Where does hoci-poci come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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