Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonclassic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-clas-sic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

Something that is not a classic.

Example Sentences

"He's seen critical classics (including the work of David Cronenberg and George Romero), popular classics (Friday the 13th, Halloween), and nonclassics (Happy Birthday to Me, My Bloody Valentine)."

Etymology

From non- + classic.

Inflected Forms

nonclassics (plural)

Questions

What does nonclassic mean?: nonclassical
Where does nonclassic come from?: From non- + classic.

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