Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manualist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
man-u-al-ist
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who favours manualism over oralism in teaching language to the deaf.

noun

A musical performer who makes music by squeezing air through the hands.

noun

One who supports the idea of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English manual 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 manualist From manual + -ist.

Inflected Forms

manualists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

manualism

Questions

What does manualist mean?
A person who favours manualism over oralism in teaching language to the deaf.
Where does manualist come from?
Etymology tree English manual 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 manualist From manual + -ist.

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