Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bematist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-ma-tist
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In ancient Greece and Egypt, a person who was able to pace out long distances with great accuracy.

Etymology

* From the Greek βηματισταί (bēmatistaí), meaning "step measurer".

Inflected Forms

bematists (plural)

Questions

What does bematist mean?: In ancient Greece and Egypt, a person who was able to pace out long distances with great accuracy.
Where does bematist come from?: * From the Greek βηματισταί (bēmatistaí), meaning "step measurer".

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