Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downtonian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: down-to-ni-an
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fan of the television series Downton Abbey.

Slang

noun

A stage of strata at the base of the Devonian period.

Example Sentences

"(As all Downtonians know, this, too, turns out to be felicitous when after much travail, cousin Matthew and Lady Mary happily wed at the beginning of season three.)"
"From coast to coast, "Downtonians" will be at the edge of their chesterfields, keen to see what's next for the Crawleys in 1920 after the unexpected deaths of two beloved young members of the patrician family."
"For all Downtonians, perk your ears up: Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Cora) will be losing her corset this February in favour of leathers and a mic stand to play her husky, country-esque vocals with her band Sadie and the Hotheads."
"The stage names of the Lower Devonian (Downtonian, Dittonian and Breconian) and of the Upper Devonian (Farlovian) are all derived from localities in Shropshire or Breconshire."

Etymology

From Downton + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Downton

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Downtonians (plural)

Questions

What does downtonian mean?: A fan of the television series Downton Abbey.
Where does downtonian come from?: From Downton + -ian.

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