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intertextual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-tex-tu-al
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English textual English intertextual From inter- + textual.

Inflected Forms

more intertextual (comparative) most intertextual (superlative)

Derived Forms

intertextualization intertextualize intertextually

Questions

What does intertextual mean?
Pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another.
Where does intertextual come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English textual English intertextual From inter- + textual.

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