Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monochromist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: monochromist
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artist working in the monochromatic style.

Example Sentences

"His art connects to European monochromists like Yves Klein and Piero Manzoni and also to skeptical painters like Albert Oehlen and Christopher Wool, but it may be best understood as an Americanized, Warholian version of Arte Povera; Mr. Stingel often favors cheap materials (Styrofoam, for example), but instead of being distressed they are always brand new, industrial and somehow implicitly American."

Etymology

From monochrome + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: monochrome

Inflected Forms

monochromists (plural)

Questions

What does monochromist mean?: An artist working in the monochromatic style.
Where does monochromist come from?: From monochrome + -ist.

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