Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bollandist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bol-lan-dist
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Bollandism.

noun

An advocate of Bollandism.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Bolland Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Bollandist From Bolland + -ist. Named after Flemish priest, theologian and hagiographer Jean Bolland (1596–1665).

Inflected Forms

more Bollandist (comparative) most Bollandist (superlative) Bollandists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Bollandism

Questions

What does bollandist mean?: Of or pertaining to Bollandism.
Where does bollandist come from?: Etymology tree English Bolland Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Bollandist From Bolland + -ist. Named after Flemish priest, theologian and hagiographer Jean Bolland (1596–1665).

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