darwinian
/dɑɹˈwɪ.ni.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Example Sentences
- "The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science."
- "This is, I believe, the first instance known of a "flying frog," and it is very interesting to Darwinians as showing that the variability of the toes which have been already modified for purposes of swimming and adhesive climbing, have been taken advantage of to enable an allied species to pass through the air like the flying lizard."
Etymology
From Darwin + -ian (suffix with the sense ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’ forming adjectives or nouns). Darwin is the surname of Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) and his grandson Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Adjective sense 2 (“of or pertaining to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia”) and noun sense 2 (“native or resident of Darwin”) refer to the city of Darwin which was named after Charles Darwin.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɑɹˈwɪ.ni.ən/
- British English: /dɑːˈwɪ.ni.ən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more Darwinian (comparative)
most Darwinian (superlative)
Darwinean (alternative)
Darwinians (plural)