semiotic
/ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Applying a meme beyond its semiotic used-by date is undesirable, lowering status."
- "Especially when applying [the Lemon test] as a bar examiner might expect would have yielded glaringly ahistorical or politically inconvenient results, [the Supreme Court] regularly found reasons – longstanding historical practice, for example, or semiotic speculations about the social meanings of government actions to hypothetical “reasonable observers” – not to."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “observant of signs”), ultimately derived from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). Compare semiotics.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: σημειωτικός