Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spivakian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spi-vakian
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 1942), Indian literary critic and theorist.

Etymology

From Spivak + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Spivakian (comparative) most Spivakian (superlative)

Questions

What does spivakian mean?
Of or pertaining to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 1942), Indian literary critic and theorist.
Where does spivakian come from?
From Spivak + -ian.

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