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ivesian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ivesian
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose music is characterized by its innovative use of dissonance, quotation, polytonality, polyrhythm, and polyphony.

Etymology

From Ives + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Ivesian (comparative) most Ivesian (superlative)

Questions

What does ivesian mean?
Of or pertaining to American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose music is characterized by its innovative use of dissonance, quotation, polytonality, polyrhythm, and polyphony.
Where does ivesian come from?
From Ives + -ian.

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