Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corpuscularian

/kɔɹˈpʌs.kjəˈlɛɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-pus-cu-lar-i-an
IPA: /kɔɹˈpʌs.kjəˈlɛɹi.ən/

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or consisting of corpuscules; corpuscular.

Obsolete

adj

Related to the corpuscular theory; pertaining to corpuscules or atoms; atomic.

noun

An adherent of the corpuscular theory of chemistry.

Dated

Example Sentences

"Boerhaave promoted mechanistic disease explanation within a corpuscularian matter theory, seeing health in terms of hydrostatic equilibrium, a balance of internal fluid pressures."

Etymology

From corpuscular + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: corpuscular

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɔɹˈpʌs.kjəˈlɛɹi.ən/
British English: /kɔːˈpʌs.kjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more corpuscularian (comparative) most corpuscularian (superlative) corpuscularians (plural)

Derived Forms

corpuscularianism

Rhymes With

humanitarian bulgarian vegetarian semi-vegetarian presbyterian librarian libertarian ovarian marian barbarian sectarian totalitarian

Questions

How do you pronounce corpuscularian?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɔɹˈpʌs.kjəˈlɛɹi.ən/.
What does corpuscularian mean?: Pertaining to or consisting of corpuscules; corpuscular.
Where does corpuscularian come from?: From corpuscular + -ian.

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