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macrobiotic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
mac-ro-bi-ot-ic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.

adj

Long-lived.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -biotic English macrobiotic From macro- + -biotic.

Inflected Forms

more macrobiotic (comparative) most macrobiotic (superlative)

Derived Forms

macrobiotically nonmacrobiotic

Questions

What does macrobiotic mean?
Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself.
Where does macrobiotic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English -biotic English macrobiotic From macro- + -biotic.

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