euhemeristic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to euhemerism.
Example Sentences
- "A consistent Euhemeristic interpretation of a poet's allusions to his own movements would often lead us to strange results."
Etymology
From euhemerist + -ic, from euhemerism, from Latin Euhemerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Euhemerus, Εὐήμερος
- Suffix: euhemerist