Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sirenaic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sire-na-ic
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the celebrated Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a club that met at the Mermaid Tavern in Elizabethan London.

Example Sentences

"In September 1611 the Sirenaics were among the company of wits who gathered at the Mitre Tavern to celebrate the exploits of another fearless traveller, the scribbler and buffoon Thomas Coryate..."

Etymology

From blending of siren + Cyrenaic (“inhabitant of the proverbially luxurious city of Cyrene or its territory Cyrenaica; adherent of the hedonistic philosophy of Aristippus of Cyrene”) and from conflation of the mythical siren with the legendary mermaid.

Inflected Forms

Sirenaics (plural)

Derived Forms

Sirenaical

Questions

What does sirenaic mean?: A member of the celebrated Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a club that met at the Mermaid Tavern in Elizabethan London.
Where does sirenaic come from?: From blending of siren + Cyrenaic (“inhabitant of the proverbially luxurious city of Cyrene or its territory Cyrenaica; adherent of the hedonistic philosophy of Aristippus of Cyrene”) and from conflation of the mythical siren with the legendary mermaid.

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