Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonancient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nonan-cient
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"And we ride through 1995 Berlin, a city of cranes and construction and nonancient ruins that seems a slightly sad, distant relation of the black-and-white city of this movie’s film within a film."

Etymology

From non- + ancient.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Questions

What does nonancient mean?: Not ancient.
Where does nonancient come from?: From non- + ancient.

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