Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dictature

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dic-tature
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Office of a dictator; dictatorship.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The impressiveness of the aspect of Edinburgh to its visitors is thus not merely pictorial. […] See the hill-fort defended by lake and forest, becoming "castrum puellarum," becoming a Roman and an Arthurian citadel, a mediaeval stronghold of innumerable sieges, a centre of autocratic and military dictatures, oligarchic governments, at length a museum of the past."
"it was in Lucius Syila, to resigne his Dictature"

Etymology

From Middle English dictature, from Middle French dictature and its etymon Classical Latin dictātūra. By surface analysis, dictate + -ure.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: dictature, dictātūra

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

dictatures (plural)

Questions

What does dictature mean?: Office of a dictator; dictatorship.
Where does dictature come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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