Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oligarchical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: oli-garchi-cal
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Yes, please tell me how Shillary is the nicest corporate oligarchical servant, and how she will lovingly sell out the people who voted for her to her banker masters, with a twinkle in her fellating eye."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχικός (oligarkhikós) + -al. By surface analysis, oligarch + -ical.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: grc:ὀλιγαρχικός

Synonyms

oligarchic

Questions

What does oligarchical mean?: Oligarchic.
Where does oligarchical come from?: From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχικός (oligarkhikós) + -al. By surface analysis, oligarch + -ical.

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