Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anaclastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ana-clas-tic
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water.

adj

Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.

Example Sentences

"anaclastic curves"
"The Double reflects the drama of the lonely man of our time as in an anaclastic glass. What is piquant is that the costs of the fruitless emancipation are borne, not by a hero, a great personage, but by an amusing little fellow, one of the poor people ."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνακλάω (anakláō, “bend back, reflect”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀνακλάω

Phrases

anaclastic glass

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic stochastic monastic dynastic spastic bombastic thermoplastic

Questions

What does anaclastic mean?: Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water.
Where does anaclastic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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