Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rogetian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ro-ge-tian
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Roget's Thesaurus, a widely-used English-language thesaurus created in 1805 by Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869).

Example Sentences

"The Word Menu claims to provide more precise discriminatory information than a thesaurus of the Rogetian type in that it provides definitions (RHWWM:xv) as well as style/register labels (Ibid:xix)."

Etymology

From Roget + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Roget

Inflected Forms

more Rogetian (comparative) most Rogetian (superlative)

Questions

What does rogetian mean?: Of or relating to Roget's Thesaurus, a widely-used English-language thesaurus created in 1805 by Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869).
Where does rogetian come from?: From Roget + -ian.

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