misogyn
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of misogynist.
Example Sentences
- "Instead of the vehement and almost slanderous dehortation from marriage, which the Misogyne, [Giovanni] Boccaccio (Vita e Costumi di Dante, p. 12, 16) addresses to literary men, I would substitute the simple advice: be not merely a man of letters! Let literature be an honourable augmentation to your arms; but not constitute the coat, or fill the escutchion!"
- "The Misogyn was struck dumb. When he recovered, it was to repine at the lot of man."
- "There were twenty centenarians,—four bachelors, one married man, six widowers, one unmarried woman, one married one, and seven widows. It seems that conjugal life is not very favorable to old age: misanthropes, or rather misogyns, may take a hint, and philosophers may moralize on this statistical fact."
- "He, love-sick? ’Tis a goodly jest! The confirm’d misogyn a ladies’ man!"
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μισογύνης (misogúnēs).