Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

entonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-ton-ic
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having great tension, or exaggerated action.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔντονος (éntonos, “strained”), from τείνω (teínō).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἔντονος

Inflected Forms

more entonic (comparative) most entonic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

entasis

Questions

What does entonic mean?: Having great tension, or exaggerated action.
Where does entonic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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