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carrollian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-rol-lian
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Lewis Carroll (1832-1898, real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) or his writings, most notably a type of imaginative fantasy involving humorous plays on words and logic.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Carroll Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Carrollian From Carroll + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Carrollian (comparative) most Carrollian (superlative)

Questions

What does carrollian mean?
Of or pertaining to Lewis Carroll (1832-1898, real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) or his writings, most notably a type of imaginative fantasy involving humorous plays on words and logic.
Where does carrollian come from?
Etymology tree English Carroll Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Carrollian From Carroll + -ian.

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