Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nephalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nephal-ist
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Our JH Andrews, a nephalist and vegetist of lifelong standing."
"Side by side with the teetotal society, there is, at the Hague, a Neerlandish Society for the Prohibition of Strong Drinks, whose President—Heer J. L. de Jonge—described himself as a nephalist."
"[...] but he was at the same time so zealous and scrupulously honest a nephalist, as he called himself, that he immediately gave up the use of wine when the distinctness of the need for it became obscured."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νηφάλιος (nēphálios, “sober”), from νήφω (nḗphō, “to be sober”).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

nephalists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nephalism

Questions

What does nephalist mean?: One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller
Where does nephalist come from?: From Ancient Greek νηφάλιος (nēphálios, “sober”), from νήφω (nḗphō, “to be sober”).

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