boeotian
/biːˈəʊʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to Boeotia.
adj
noun
An inhabitant or a resident of Boeotia.
name
A dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Boeotia.
Example Sentences
- "The only Boeotian troops that did continue to fight — the light infantry attached to the victorious cavalry — worked their way over to the Athenians on the right, where most of them were killed. The collapse of Boeotian morale at the death of Epaminondas and the abrupt cessation of fighting remain something of an enigma, especially since Pelopidas' men at Cynoscephalae fought even more vigorously to preserve the victory after he fell there."
- "we will leave to thy sagacity to apply all this to the Boeotian writers, and to those authors who are their opposites."
- "Ransom reflected he might answer her that until five minutes ago he didn't know she existed; but he remembered that this was not the way in which a Southern gentleman spoke to ladies, and he contented himself with saying that he must condone his Bœotian ignorance […]"
Etymology
From Boeotia.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /biːˈəʊʃən/
Inflected Forms
more Boeotian (comparative)
most Boeotian (superlative)
Beotian (alternative)
Bœotian (alternative)
Boeotians (plural)