Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meleager

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: me-lea-ger
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μελέαγρος (Meléagros).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Μελέαγρος

Derived Forms

Meleagrian

Questions

What does meleager mean?: A hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.
Where does meleager come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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