creonian
/kɹiˈoʊ.ni.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the Creones.
adj
Alternative form of Creonic.
Example Sentences
- "With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves."
- "They took possession of the Creonian dominions, in consequence of the laws and prescriptions of the country; as the Creones now assumed a new appellation from them, and were denominated, like them, Ar-gathel, iar-gael, or Ar-gyle."
- "Glengary, with part of his family, were returning in the steamer from a visit to some of their more Southron friends: they had passed through the Creonian Canal, and were within but a few miles of Fort William."
- "Antigone is an artist of logos while speaking for eros. This is not speech by paranoon, not speech by Creonian women. This is the speech of polis."
- "Insofar as it involves a Creonian site of authority, an ethics of a state, such as the Athenian democratic state, Lacan argued, indeed demands a beautiful, heroic, and dead Antigone."
- "In Sophoclean words, an Antigonian moment is manipulated to climb to power, and a Creonian moment is embraced to retain it, the revolutionary taking 'the heroic attitude of “Somebody has to do the dirty work, so let's do it!”'"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɹiˈoʊ.ni.ən/
- British English: /kɹiːˈəʊ.ni.ən/
Inflected Forms
more Creonian (comparative)
most Creonian (superlative)