Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horography

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
horog-ra-phy
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events

Uncountable

noun

The art of constructing dials or instruments for indicating the hours.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὡρογραφία (hōrographía). By surface analysis, horo- + -graphy. Compare French horographie.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ὡρογραφία

Usage

Derived Forms

horographic

Questions

What does horography mean?
local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events
Where does horography come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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