regimen
/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
noun
noun
A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.
Example Sentences
- "In ski areas like Arapahoe Basin, about 80 percent of the male patrollers have had to drastically change (or introduce) shaving regimens."
- "Seven or eight annual bloodings, and as many purgations — such was the common regimen the theory prescribed to ensure continuance of health[…]"
- "...and, having an excellent constitution, regularly attributed any temporary ailment of her daughters to carelessness, for which she prescribed "water gruel, and keeping in bed," being certain that under so safe a regimen, "they would get well as soon as possible, and learn to keep well also.""
- "(3.) Verbs admit two kinds of regimen: the direct regimen and the indirect regimen. (4.) The direct regimen, or immediate object … (5.) The indirect regimen, or remote object [....]"
- "Active verbs express an action which an agent, called the nominative or subject, performs on an object or regimen, without the help of a preposition: as,--- Pierre aime Sophie, Peter loves Sophia. [...] Of the Object or Regimen of Verbs."
- "15. A verb is active in French when it expresses that an agent called nominative, or subject, performs an action on an object, or regimen, without the help of a preposition---as, Jean frappe Joseph, John strikes Joseph, &c."
Etymology
From Middle English regimen, from Middle French regimen and its etymon, Latin regimen (“guidance, direction, government, rule”). Doublet of regime.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₃reǵ-, regimen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/
- British English: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.mən/