Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

norrisian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nor-risian
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a former professorship in divinity at the University of Cambridge, later merged into the post of Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity.

Etymology

From Norris + -ian, after John Norris, who founded the professorship with a bequest in 1777.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Norris

Questions

What does norrisian mean?: Describing a former professorship in divinity at the University of Cambridge, later merged into the post of Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity.
Where does norrisian come from?: From Norris + -ian, after John Norris, who founded the professorship with a bequest in 1777.

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