Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anarch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: an-arch
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.

Example Sentences

"Thus Satan; and him thus the Anarch old / With falt'ring speech and visage incomposed / Answer'd."
"1830, George Gordon Byron, Thomas Moore (editor), poem fragment, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 1, page 302, One rank'd in some recording page / With the worst anarchs of the age, / Him wilt thou know — and, knowing, pause,"
"Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe."
"As all the world knows, Emma Goldman is the chief anarch of her time."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -arch English anarch From an- + -arch.

Inflected Forms

anarchs (plural)

Questions

What does anarch mean?: The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
Where does anarch come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -arch English anarch From an- + -arch.

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