oxon
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
name
University of Oxford, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
noun
Any organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative.
Example Sentences
- "The Crown Proceedings Act, 1947. By J. R. Bickford Smith, b.a. (Oxon), of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law"
Etymology
From Latin Oxonia (“Oxfordshire”).
Inflected Forms
Oxon. (alternative)
oxons (plural)