modernistic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In modern style.
Example Sentences
- "The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance."
- "The buildings now being demolished are said to date back to the opening of the Trent Valley line in 1846. They will be replaced by modernistic structures, including a fully mechanised booking office, which will be concentrated mainly on the Low Level down platforms, [...]."
Etymology
Etymology tree English modern 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English modernistic From modern + -istic.
Inflected Forms
more modernistic (comparative)
most modernistic (superlative)