Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cellotaph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cel-lotaph
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now?"

Etymology

Blend of cellophane + cenotaph. By surface analysis cello- + -taph.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cello-

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

cellotaphs (plural)

Questions

What does cellotaph mean?: A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met.
Where does cellotaph come from?: Blend of cellophane + cenotaph. By surface analysis cello- + -taph.

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