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shackletonian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shack-le-to-ni-an
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.

Etymology

From Shackleton + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Shackletonian (comparative) most Shackletonian (superlative)

Questions

What does shackletonian mean?
Of or relating to Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.
Where does shackletonian come from?
From Shackleton + -ian.

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