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ashmolean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
ash-molean
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Elias Ashmole.

name

Clipping of Ashmolean Museum.

Etymology

From Ashmole + -an, named after English antiquary, politician, astrologer and alchemist Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), whose gift of his cabinet of curiosities became the basis of Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

the Ashmolean (canonical)

Questions

What does ashmolean mean?
Of or pertaining to Elias Ashmole.
Where does ashmolean come from?
From Ashmole + -an, named after English antiquary, politician, astrologer and alchemist Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), whose gift of his cabinet of curiosities became the basis of Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum.

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