Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paragogic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-a-gog-ic
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.

Example Sentences

"In the Semitic languages, paragogic letters are added to the ordinary forms of words to express additional emphasis or a change in the meaning."
"The loss of final -n is irregular. We would rather expect *teón to develop into **θòno, with a paragogic vowel as in (Log.) sámbene' ‘blood’ < sanguen, nòmene ‘name’ < nōmen and báttoro ‘four’ < quatt(u)or."

Etymology

From paragoge + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: paragoge

Inflected Forms

more paragogic (comparative) most paragogic (superlative)

Derived Forms

paragogically

Phrases

paragogic future

Synonyms

paragogical

Questions

What does paragogic mean?: Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.
Where does paragogic come from?: From paragoge + -ic.

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