Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liknon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: li-knon
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A winnowing fan in Ancient Greece, involved in Dionysian rites and the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λίκνον (líknon).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λίκνον

Inflected Forms

liknons (plural) liknoi (plural)

Questions

What does liknon mean?: A winnowing fan in Ancient Greece, involved in Dionysian rites and the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Where does liknon come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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