Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perfectionistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
per-fec-tion-is-tic
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English perfectionist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English perfectionistic From perfectionist + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more perfectionistic (comparative) most perfectionistic (superlative)

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Questions

What does perfectionistic mean?
Perfectionist.
Where does perfectionistic come from?
Etymology tree English perfectionist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English perfectionistic From perfectionist + -ic.

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