Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

karamazovian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kara-ma-zo-vian
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

sensual; lustful; passionate

Etymology

From Karamazov + -ian, after characters in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Karamazov

Inflected Forms

more Karamazovian (comparative) most Karamazovian (superlative)

Questions

What does karamazovian mean?: sensual; lustful; passionate
Where does karamazovian come from?: From Karamazov + -ian, after characters in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov.

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