Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ogygian

/əʊˈdʒɪdʒi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ogy-gian
IPA: /əʊˈdʒɪdʒi.ən/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or during the reign of Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica

adj

Relating to a great deluge in Attica during the rule of Ogyges

adj

Of or pertaining to Ogygia, an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey,

adj

primeval; of obscure antiquity.

Example Sentences

"Brainstuff is not lean stuff;—the brainstuff of fiction is internal history, and to suppose it dull is the profoundest of errors; how deep, you will understand when I tell you that it is the very football of the holiday-afternoon imps below. They kick it for pastime; they are intelligences perverted. The comic of it, the adventurous, the tragic, they make devilish, to kindle their Ogygian hilarity."

Etymology

From Ogyges + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Ogyges

Inflected Forms

more Ogygian (comparative) most Ogygian (superlative)

Synonyms

age-old

Questions

How do you pronounce ogygian?: The recorded pronunciation is /əʊˈdʒɪdʒi.ən/.
What does ogygian mean?: Of, pertaining to, or during the reign of Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica
Where does ogygian come from?: From Ogyges + -ian.

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