parousian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to the second coming of Christ.
Example Sentences
- "We may dismiss at once the extremists of both types: those on the one hand whose laxity of conviction or conduct defended even attendance at the degrading public spectacles … and those who from extreme parousian standpoints made life of any sort practically impossible."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παρουσία (parousía, “presence”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: παρουσία
Inflected Forms
more parousian (comparative)
most parousian (superlative)