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jonesian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
jone-sian
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to William Jones (1746-1794), inventor of a transliteration system for Indic scripts.

adj

Of or relating to Mary Cover Jones (1897–1987), American psychologist.

Etymology

From Jones + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Jonesian (comparative) most Jonesian (superlative)

Questions

What does jonesian mean?
Of or relating to William Jones (1746-1794), inventor of a transliteration system for Indic scripts.
Where does jonesian come from?
From Jones + -ian.

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