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anagnost

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
anag-nost
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin anagnōstes (“slave trained to read aloud”), from Koine Greek ἀναγνώστης (anagnṓstēs, “reader, slave trained to read”), after Ancient Greek ἀναγιγνώσκειν (anagignṓskein, “to read”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: anagnōstes, ἀναγνώστης, ἀναγιγνώσκειν

Inflected Forms

anagnosts (plural)

Questions

What does anagnost mean?
Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service.
Where does anagnost come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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