Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joycean

/ˈd͡ʒɔɪsi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: joycean
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪsi.ən/

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to James Joyce (1882–1941) or his writings.

adj

In a verbally inventive style similar to that of James Joyce.

noun

A person who studies or admires the works of James Joyce.

Example Sentences

"Even Muldoon's fans find some of the “difficulty” of this pyrotechnical erudition too playful, suspecting him of a Joycean desire to “keep the professors busy”."
"Around the world these days there are thousands of Joycean scholars who make their living parsing and reparsing the great man who, perhaps much to his chagrin if he were alive, has become a symbol of all things Irish to millions."
"Jimson is a total nonconformist and his god is William Blake, whom he quotes endlessly in his somewhat Joycean interior monologues."
"But [Richard] Ellmann himself was a Joycean avant la lettre."

Etymology

From Joyce + -ean.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪsi.ən/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪsɪ.ən/

Inflected Forms

more Joycean (comparative) most Joycean (superlative) Joycian (alternative) Joyceans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce joycean?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɔɪsi.ən/.
What does joycean mean?: Of or pertaining to James Joyce (1882–1941) or his writings.
Where does joycean come from?: From Joyce + -ean.

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