Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misozoic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-o-zoic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

life-hating

Example Sentences

"The torturers of any form of life torture the life. In this they are not only abominators of form, but haters of nature; and the violationist school is misozoic, life-hating; in continuation of that which it also is, misanthropic, or an enemy of mankind."
"The Duke urges him to prepare for death and to desire it because of life's worthlessness. His image of life is hyperbolically misozoic because he is practicing — and getting off on — homiletics: […]"

Etymology

From miso- + zoic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: miso

Inflected Forms

more misozoic (comparative) most misozoic (superlative)

Questions

What does misozoic mean?: life-hating
Where does misozoic come from?: From miso- + zoic.

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