Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epichoric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epi-choric
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a specific location; local (especially with reference to forms of the Ancient Greek alphabet).

Example Sentences

"These characteristic monuments do not, however, seem to survive the epichoric script."
"However, there are also a number of other epichoric inscriptions which do not appear in either Kalinka's or Neumann's collections."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιχώριος (epikhṓrios) + -ic, from ἐπί (epí) + χώρα (khṓra, “country”).

Inflected Forms

more epichoric (comparative) most epichoric (superlative)

Questions

What does epichoric mean?: Of or pertaining to a specific location; local (especially with reference to forms of the Ancient Greek alphabet).
Where does epichoric come from?: From Ancient Greek ἐπιχώριος (epikhṓrios) + -ic, from ἐπί (epí) + χώρα (khṓra, “country”).

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