facsimile
/fækˈsɪm.ə.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?"
- "Indeed his rendering is so excellent an example of mediæval learning and latinity that, even at the risk of sating the learned reader with too many antiquities, I have made up my mind to give it in fac-simile, together with an expanded version for the benefit of those who find the contractions troublesome."
- "“What is a turtle?” asked I, facsimileing the graceful attitude of Don José, and leaning both my arms full-length on the table, while I stared him undauntedly in the face, as if he had been no more than an ordinary man."
- "The branch at the top [of the figure] is facsimiled from that in the hand of Adam, in Durer’s Adam and Eve."
- "The letter was photographed, facsimiled and copied out by hand, then the original was resealed and sent on to its destination."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/
- British English: /fækˈsɪm.ə.li/