Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vulpinist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vulpin-ist
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One engaged in vulpinism (cunning, deceit).

Example Sentences

"So long as men must live sordidly to win the means of satisfying even their sordid necessities, so long will there exist the vulpinist in man."
"But time and again as was in the past so in the present, the vulpinist in man, human greed, pretence, selfishness, ancient prejudice, the desire to enjoy immediately and without labour, the desire to rob others by plunder and oppression or cheating and other worst cravings and abuses of the body politic, are ever trying to maintain artificial prices by huge combinations or business intrigues[…]"

Etymology

From vulpine + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vulpine

Inflected Forms

vulpinists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

vulpinism

Questions

What does vulpinist mean?: One engaged in vulpinism (cunning, deceit).
Where does vulpinist come from?: From vulpine + -ist.

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