Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melodicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
melod-i-cism
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A focus on the development of melody

Uncountable

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Etymology

Etymology tree English melodic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English melodicism From melodic + -ism.

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What does melodicism mean?
A focus on the development of melody
Where does melodicism come from?
Etymology tree English melodic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English melodicism From melodic + -ism.

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