illuminator
/ˌɪlˈumənˌeɪtɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Agent noun of illuminate:
noun
Agent noun of illuminate:
Example Sentences
- "The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read."
Etymology
From illuminate + -or.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: illuminate
- Suffix: -or
Inflected Forms
illuminators (plural)
illuminatour (alternative)