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hormic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hormic
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

goal-oriented; purposive

Etymology

Popularized by William McDougall (psychologist) (1871–1938), from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “impulse”) + -ic.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hormic (comparative) most hormic (superlative)

Questions

What does hormic mean?
goal-oriented; purposive
Where does hormic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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