lapalissian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very obvious, completely apparent.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Lapalissian.
Etymology
From Jacques de la Palice (a French nobleman and military officer) + -ian. His epitaph, carrying the words “if he weren't dead, he would still be envied” (French s'il n'était pas mort, il ferait encore envie), was misread as the truism “if he weren't dead, he would still be alive” (s'il n'était pas mort, il ſerait encore en vie).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Lapalissian (comparative)
most Lapalissian (superlative)