Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

literarist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lit-er-arist
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An academic involved in teaching literature rather than composition.

Etymology

From literary + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: literary

Inflected Forms

literarists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

compositionist

Questions

What does literarist mean?: An academic involved in teaching literature rather than composition.
Where does literarist come from?: From literary + -ist.

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