Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rowleyan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: row-leyan
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of Rowleian.

adj

Alternative form of Rowleian.

Example Sentences

"The work's increased use of Rowleyan language makes the act of reading unavoidably self-conscious as we can no longer rely on our usual ways of making sense of poetry."
"It seems clear that Chatterton worke out a theory of the history of English drama that would cilminate in Rowley's Ælla. We have inferred a similar theory of prosodic history from the uncertainty and irregularity of pre-Rowleyan prosody as compared to Rowley's correctness."
"So Chatterton, by breaking his apprenticeship, deftly steered a course between the Bristolian and the Rowleyan voices: between 'Matrimony he shall not contracct' and 'an hollie Preeste unnmarriageabil'."

Etymology

From Rowley + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Rowley

Inflected Forms

more Rowleyan (comparative) most Rowleyan (superlative)

Questions

What does rowleyan mean?: Alternative form of Rowleian.
Where does rowleyan come from?: From Rowley + -an.

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