Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misocapnic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-o-cap-nic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Disliking smoking and tobacco smoke.

Example Sentences

"After dinner the party adjourned to the drawing-room, where "the Doctor began to feel certain cravings for the stimulating fumes of his beloved pipe." The lady of the house, on the alert, caught the half whispered word, and at once interposed her veto. . . . This was not the only occasion, it may be imagined, on which the doctor suffered from the misocapnic prejudices of a fair hostess."
"All the civilised world is behindhand touching tobacco. It has, like the Quaker's historical dog, gotten a bad name. One-idea'd hygeists, followers of the "Misocapnic Solomon," have persuaded the world that it is a slow poison."

Etymology

From miso- + capno- (stem of Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”)) + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Prefix: miso-
Root: καπνός
Suffix: capno-

Inflected Forms

more misocapnic (comparative) most misocapnic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

misocapnist

Questions

What does misocapnic mean?: Disliking smoking and tobacco smoke.
Where does misocapnic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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