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poliorcetics

/ˌpoʊliˌɔɹˈsɛtɪks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
po-li-or-ce-tics
IPA
/ˌpoʊliˌɔɹˈsɛtɪks/
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The art of siege warfare, namely, that of conducting or resisting a siege.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Partly: * borrowed from Late Latin poliorcetica (“siege engines”) + English -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum) (poliorcetica is derived from Koine Greek πολιορκητικά (poliorkētiká, “things related to sieges”), the neuter plural of πολιορκητικός (poliorkētikós, “relating to poliorcetics, poliorcetic”), from Ancient Greek πολῐορκέω (polĭorkéō, “to besiege, blockade”) (from πόλις (pólis, “city”) + ἕρκος (hérkos, “enclosure; fence”)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or relating to’)); and * from poliorcetic (“relating to poliorcetics”) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌpoʊliˌɔɹˈsɛtɪks/
  • British English: /ˌpəʊlɪɔːˈsɛtɪks/

Frequently Paired Words

poliorcetic

Synonyms

siegecraft

Rhymes With

phonetics dietetics phenetics cynegetics graphetics etics

Questions

How do you pronounce poliorcetics?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpoʊliˌɔɹˈsɛtɪks/.
What does poliorcetics mean?
The art of siege warfare, namely, that of conducting or resisting a siege.
Where does poliorcetics come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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