indexical
/ɪnˈdɛk.sɪ.kəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
adj
Having or imparting a meaning, or signifying a referent, that changes according to context.
noun
An indexical term.
Example Sentences
- "In order that they might represent the worlds of experience and imagination, such symbols have to be put together with ‘indexical’ signs, as Peirce termed them, such as articles (the, some), demonstratives (this, those), tense-inflections (walk-s, walk-ed), moods (may/might walk, shall/should walk) etc."
- "So even with indexicals, there is a Sinn for every meaning."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin indexder. English index Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English indexical From index + -ical.