erc
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A member of the conspiracy that killed Cúchulainn, but was killed by his second cousin Conall the Victorious. Son of Cairbre Nia Fer and brother of Achall.
noun
Initialism of easily-recognizable code.
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noun
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Initialism of Emacs Relay Chat.
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Initialism of European Rugby Cup.
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Initialism of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (“Republican Left of Catalonia”).
Example Sentences
- "While the ERC has signed off its deal with the PSOE, Junts, which is led by the former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont – who is still wanted by Spanish courts for his role in the doomed lunge for Catalan independence – is still negotiating its support."
- "A handful of courageous Americans, associated under the name of the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC), took it on themselves to set right their country's indifference."
Etymology
From Old Irish Erc (modern Irish Earc), a word for which the electronic Dictionary of the Irish language gives several meanings, but the most likely meaning for the name is "spotted, speckled, motley," from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“perch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Erc, *ɸerkos, *perḱ-