Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oikist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oik-ist
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of oecist.

Example Sentences

"It would not, in fact, be surprising to learn that Thera had called on Sparta, her mother city, to provide an oikist for her colony of Cyrene, in the same way as Corcyra called on Corinth to provide an oikist for Epidamnus."

Inflected Forms

oikists (plural)

Questions

What does oikist mean?: Alternative form of oecist.

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