leguleian
/ˌlɛɡjʊˈliːən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And, on looking again at one case of "thereafter," viz., at page 79, it seems impossible to determine whether he uses it in the classical English sense, or in the sense of leguleian barbarism."
Etymology
From Latin lēguleius (“pettifogger”), from lēx, lēgis (“law”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lēguleius