Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chiminology

/ˌt͡ʃimiˈnɔləd͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chimi-nol-o-gy
IPA: /ˌt͡ʃimiˈnɔləd͡ʒi/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Speech or writing marked by overly complex vocabulary.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You've been talking chiminology on about fuck knows what for, God knows how long."
"So you can have chiminology, it means you're trying to be very erudite and talk in a very academic way..."

Etymology

From cheem + -ology on analogy of -inology words like criminology and terminology in which the -in- belongs to the Latin oblique stem, the former from either Hokkien 深 (chhim, “deep”) or Teochew 深 (cim¹, “deep”).

Word Breakdown

Root: 深

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cheemology (alternative) cheeminology (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce chiminology?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌt͡ʃimiˈnɔləd͡ʒi/.
What does chiminology mean?: Speech or writing marked by overly complex vocabulary.
Where does chiminology come from?: From cheem + -ology on analogy of -inology words like criminology and terminology in which the -in- belongs to the Latin oblique stem, the former from either Hokkien 深 (chhim, “deep”) or Teochew 深 (cim¹, “deep”).

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