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pickwickianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pick-wick-ian-ism
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The arbitrary or meaningless use of language.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Pickwickian + -ism.

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Questions

What does pickwickianism mean?
The arbitrary or meaningless use of language.
Where does pickwickianism come from?
From Pickwickian + -ism.

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