Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

libellist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: li-bel-list
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of libelist.

Etymology

Etymology tree English libel 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 libellist From libel + -ist.

Inflected Forms

libellists (plural)

Questions

What does libellist mean?: Alternative spelling of libelist.
Where does libellist come from?: Etymology tree English libel 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 libellist From libel + -ist.

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