exode
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The final chorus; the catastrophe.
noun
A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.
Example Sentences
- "a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay constant or standing miracles before the exode , at the exode , in the wilderness , in the promised land , under their judges , and under their kings"
- "Moreover, the continuation of the Mosaic Dispensation from the Exode, 1586, to the burning of the second temple, A.D. 70 = 1656, is exactly the period before the Flood."
Etymology
From Latin exodium, from Ancient Greek ἐξόδιον (exódion).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἐξόδιον