meteoric
/ˌmiːtiˈɒɹɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.70 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.
adj
Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.
adj
Originating in the atmosphere.
adj
Influenced by the weather.
Example Sentences
- "meteoric iron"
- "Her meteoric rise to power was followed by a slow, lackluster career at the top."
- "With the meteoric rise has come broad concerns about the app’s impact on its relatively young users."
- "a meteoric flower"
- "On the far side was reflected a single red and meteoric cloud, which had treasured one last crimson ray from the sunset, or perhaps nursed within it the fiery leaven."
- "It was summer at the south pole. The ice cap was melting and those meteoric phenomena, clouds, unknown upon the greater part of Barsoom, were shutting out the light of heaven from this portion of the planet."
Etymology
Etymology tree English meteor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English meteoric From meteor + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more meteoric (comparative)
most meteoric (superlative)