araucarian
/ˌæɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to, or of the nature of, trees of family Araucariaceae.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of araucarian.
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptic crossword style used by "Araucaria" (John Galbraith Graham); focused on humour and lateral thinking rather than strict grammaticality.
Example Sentences
- "The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian."
- "Araucarian Conifers"
- "They vary as much as the Guardian but generally exclude the more Araucarian style of puzzle."
- "True-blue Ximeneans would be appalled – a rubbery clue, a deviant whim, not a verb in sight – but I reckon it's funny, and inventive, and Araucarian – the other word to describe libertarians."
- "The clues were close to Ximenean standards, with just the occasional superfluous "to" or "a". But solvers detected another, Araucarian layer of meaning"
Etymology
Araucaria + -n
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌæɹɔˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/
- British English: /ˌæɹɔːˈkɛə.ɹi.ən/