Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mononymic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mononymic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a mononym.

adj

Having or known by a single name.

Example Sentences

"A few newspapers use courtesy titles - Mr. Black, Mr. Hussein - except when they're stymied by a mononymic celeb like Cher or Eminem."

Etymology

Etymology tree English mononym Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mononymic From mononym + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more mononymic (comparative) most mononymic (superlative)

Derived Forms

mononymically

Synonyms

mononymous uninymic

Questions

What does mononymic mean?: Pertaining to a mononym.
Where does mononymic come from?: Etymology tree English mononym Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mononymic From mononym + -ic.

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