anangeon
/əˈnænd͡ʒiən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A justification of an action by inevitability or necessity.
Etymology
From New Latin anangeon, from Ancient Greek ἀναγκαῖον (anankaîon), neuter of ἀναγκαῖος (anankaîos, “necessary”). The spelling of this word with -ng- is unexpected. The Latin word first appears in Jodocus Badius' annotations of Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria, printed in 1516, in which ἀναγκαῖον is glossed as Anagkeon in the text and Anangeon in the index. The latter spelling is likely an error that was introduced by the compiler of the index and copied by later authors.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: anangeon, ἀναγκαῖον