Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presbyopic

/pɹɛzbiˈɒpɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pres-by-opic
IPA: /pɹɛzbiˈɒpɪk/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Affected by or pertaining to presbyopia.

noun

A person who has presbyopia.

Example Sentences

"the Moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching, her lowering face with its presbyopic squint, suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to I.D. what it was I held out […]"
"These experiments prove that some alteration has taken place in the eye equivalent to a lengthening of the eye, or a shortening of the principal focus, which enables presbyopics to read without glasses."

Etymology

Etymology tree English presbyopia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English presbyopic From presbyopia + -ic.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /pɹɛzbiˈɒpɪk/

Inflected Forms

more presbyopic (comparative) most presbyopic (superlative) presbyopics (plural)

Derived Forms

prepresbyopic presbyopically

Frequently Paired Words

myopic

Synonyms

farsighted

Rhymes With

topic microscopic philanthropic tropic telescopic spectroscopic macroscopic ectopic endoscopic myopic psychotropic atopic

Questions

How do you pronounce presbyopic?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɛzbiˈɒpɪk/.
What does presbyopic mean?: Affected by or pertaining to presbyopia.
Where does presbyopic come from?: Etymology tree English presbyopia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English presbyopic From presbyopia + -ic.

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