Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-ol-o-gist
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who hates or dislikes reasoning or argument.

Etymology

Etymology tree English misology 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 misologist From misology + -ist.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does misologist mean?
One who hates or dislikes reasoning or argument.
Where does misologist come from?
Etymology tree English misology 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 misologist From misology + -ist.

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