junglist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A dedicated listener to jungle or drum and bass music.
Example Sentences
- "The first thing to do to better attract the, er, junglist massive was to speed up the 4/4 disco-ish tempo — which meant the vocals either had to come off or be stretched — and then start building on the bassline."
- "The problem with things that go very fast is that they tend to be a bit scary, a bit alienating, and sometimes a bit dangerous. […]. Jungle was no exception, drawing huge appeal from the junglist massive, but pushing many other ravers off the dancefloor in search of something, well, a bit slower."
- "In the drum n bass club, everyone was part of the ‘junglist massive’."
Etymology
Etymology tree English jungle Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English junglist From jungle + -ist.