Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

symblematic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sym-blem-at-ic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Emblematic or characteristic.

Example Sentences

"Sir, keep your plans; and if in secrecy they will work the end desired, if they will place the cross-bars of the Confederation among the symblematic emblems of independent nations, guard them, with all the wisdom of your suspecting nature, and treasure them, in the most sacred place of your ungrateful heart."
"standing at bar, wearing outfit symblematic of the Dutch; liquor bottle in foreground; identical to 2009-NLF-019-121"
"But it’s symblematic of deeper, year-long problems."

Etymology

Blend of symbolic + emblematic or of symptomatic + emblematic.

Inflected Forms

more symblematic (comparative) most symblematic (superlative) symblomatic (alternative)

Questions

What does symblematic mean?: Emblematic or characteristic.
Where does symblematic come from?: Blend of symbolic + emblematic or of symptomatic + emblematic.

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