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hagiographer

/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
ha-giog-ra-pher
IPA
/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who writes the biography of a saint.

noun

Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).

Derogatory

noun

A writer of any of the Hagiographa․

Etymology

From hagiography + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/
  • British English: /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

hagiographers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hagiography

Synonyms

hagiographist hagiologist

Questions

How do you pronounce hagiographer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/.
What does hagiographer mean?
Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
Where does hagiographer come from?
From hagiography + -er.

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