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cyrenaic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cyre-na-ic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or related to Cyrenaicism, the philosophical school founded by Aristippus of Cyrene and codified by Aristippus the Younger.

adj

Synonym of Cyrenian, of or related to Cyrene.

adj

Synonym of Cyrenaican, of or related to Cyrenaica, the area around Cyrene in northeastern Libya.

noun

A member or adherent of Cyrenaicism, the philosophical school founded by Aristippus of Cyrene and codified by Aristippus the Younger.

noun

Synonym of Cyrenian, a person of or from Cyrene.

noun

Synonym of Cyrenaican, a person of or from Cyrenaica, the area around Cyrene in northeastern Libya.

Etymology

From Latin Cȳrēnaicus, from Ancient Greek Κῡρηνᾰῐ̈κός (Kūrēnăĭ̈kós), from Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē, “Cyrene”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Cyrene + -ic or a backformation from Cyrenaica.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Cyrenaic (comparative) most Cyrenaic (superlative) Cyrenaics (plural)

Derived Forms

Sirenaic

Synonyms

Aristippan Aristippian Cyrenian Cyrenean of or related to Cyrene Cyrenaican Barcan Barqan of or related to Cyrenaica

Questions

What does cyrenaic mean?
Of or related to Cyrenaicism, the philosophical school founded by Aristippus of Cyrene and codified by Aristippus the Younger.
Where does cyrenaic come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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