mcadamization
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Ours is a matter-of-fact age—an age of steam and railway and McAdamization and labor-saving machinery—the poetry of Time has gone by forever, and we have only the sober prose left us."
- "Imagine a street much wider than Pennsylvania Avenue, smooth as McAdamization can render it, down whose length at regular intervals rise spreading trees — divide it into four avenues, each rejoicing in its Arch of leaves — if not as grand, at least as complete as that of Temple Street New Haven that used to excite my special wonder & enthusiasm."
- "The road in this vicinity was graded, stone prepared along the line for McAdamization, along Main street it was paved, the bridge over Whitewater was built, &c."
- "Ultimately, Whigs regarded the outcome with mixed emotions. As champions of state-funded internal improvements, they favored recommendations like railroad construction, turnpike McAdamization, and the dredging of rivers and harbors."
Etymology
From McAdamize + -ation.