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leacockian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lea-cock-ian
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist.

Etymology

From Leacock + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Leacockian (comparative) most Leacockian (superlative)

Questions

What does leacockian mean?
Of or relating to Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist.
Where does leacockian come from?
From Leacock + -ian.

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