Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ciceronianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ci-cero-ni-an-ism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Imitation of, or resemblance to, the literary style or actions of Cicero.

Uncountable

noun

A Ciceronian phrase or expression.

Countable

Example Sentences

"And being purposed to cure her lord of his Ciceronianism by some means or another she consulted her ladies one summer evening, while they were walking together in the shady alleys that were all around the castle, as to how she should best make the duke to amend his ways and live more like a good Christian gentleman for the future."
"great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford"
"For had an Angel bin his discipliner, unlesse it were for dwelling too much upon Ciceronianisms, & had chastiz'd the reading, not the vanity, it had bin plainly partiall; first to correct him for grave Cicero, and not for scurrill Plautus, whom he confesses to have bin reading not long before"

Etymology

From Ciceronian + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Ciceronian

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ciceronianisms (plural)

Questions

What does ciceronianism mean?: Imitation of, or resemblance to, the literary style or actions of Cicero.
Where does ciceronianism come from?: From Ciceronian + -ism.

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