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devolutionary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
de-vo-lu-tion-ary
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.

Etymology

Etymology tree English devolution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English devolutionary From devolution + -ary.

Inflected Forms

more devolutionary (comparative) most devolutionary (superlative)

Questions

What does devolutionary mean?
Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
Where does devolutionary come from?
Etymology tree English devolution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English devolutionary From devolution + -ary.

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