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bloomfieldian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bloom-fiel-dian
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Leonard Bloomfield (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.

noun

A supporter of Leonard Bloomfield's linguistic theories.

Etymology

From Bloomfield + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Bloomfieldian (comparative) most Bloomfieldian (superlative) Bloomfieldians (plural)

Questions

What does bloomfieldian mean?
Of or pertaining to Leonard Bloomfield (1887–1949), American linguist and pioneer of linguistic structuralism.
Where does bloomfieldian come from?
From Bloomfield + -ian.

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