Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pastellic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pastel-lic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of pastels.

Example Sentences

"Two other children play about her, and alongside the husband's strong, vigorous figure wrestles with his refractory horse. This decoration, purely pastellic in impression, is so soft and plastic that the clear colour seems ready to come off […]"
"1990, Joseph Gaynor, SPSE - the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Hard copy and printing materials, media, and processes Because of the unattractive colors of ordinary magnetic pigments it is possible to produce only dull, pastellic color toners, which were not very successful in the market."

Etymology

From pastel + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pastel

Inflected Forms

more pastellic (comparative) most pastellic (superlative)

Questions

What does pastellic mean?: Characteristic of pastels.
Where does pastellic come from?: From pastel + -ic.

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