Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

callithumpian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal-lithumpian
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump; riotous.

American usage; Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

"callithumpian band"
"callithumpian procession"
"There was never a tutor's windows to be broken in, or a callithumpian frolic, (which were in vogue in those days,) but Maverick bore a hand in both; […]"
"He had been entertaining a regular callithumpian parade of Red Cross commissioners from America, and he probably felt that he had seen the worst and that this was just another cross."

Etymology

From callithump + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: callithump

Usage

Inflected Forms

more callithumpian (comparative) most callithumpian (superlative) calathumpian (alternative)

Questions

What does callithumpian mean?: Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump; riotous.
Where does callithumpian come from?: From callithump + -ian.

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