Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

limericist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
limeri-cist
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English limerick Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English limericist From limerick + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does limericist mean?
Someone who writes limericks.
Where does limericist come from?
Etymology tree English limerick Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English limericist From limerick + -ist.

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