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midmajor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mid-ma-jor
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A college not affiliated with a conference that is one of the primary partners in the College Football Playoff

noun

A conference that is not a major conference

American usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵyōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maiorder. Middle English major English major English midmajor From mid- + major.

Usage

Inflected Forms

midmajors (plural) mid-major (alternative)

Rhymes With

major wager pager rager stager cager supermajor nonmajor upstager premajor

Questions

What does midmajor mean?
A college not affiliated with a conference that is one of the primary partners in the College Football Playoff
Where does midmajor come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵyōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maiorder. Middle English major English major English midmajor From mid- + major.

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