Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kurtzian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kurtzian
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Kurtz + -ian, after the fictional character Kurtz in the novel Heart of Darkness.

Inflected Forms

more Kurtzian (comparative) most Kurtzian (superlative)

Questions

What does kurtzian mean?
Megalomaniac; brutal, tyrannical.
Where does kurtzian come from?
From Kurtz + -ian, after the fictional character Kurtz in the novel Heart of Darkness.

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