kroeberian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to theories formulated by American anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.
Example Sentences
- "...there are languages, in particular Eskimo and Tiwa, in which noun-incorporation of the Kroeberian sort appears."
- "Kroeberian frames of reference..."
- "Additionally, some academic institutions still teach the Kroeberian theory of extinction..."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Kroeber Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kroeberian From Kroeber + -ian.
Inflected Forms
more Kroeberian (comparative)
most Kroeberian (superlative)