Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philocaly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
philo-caly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The love of beauty.

Uncountable

noun

Meaning in use: focused on things that should be loved. For example, philocaly is the virtue of prioritizing profoundly important things over lush, hedonistic things (i.e., "Participant chose the safety of a child over the immediate satisfaction of a chocolate bar."

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek. See φίλος (phílos, “loving”) and κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”).

Usage

Questions

What does philocaly mean?
The love of beauty.
Where does philocaly come from?
From Ancient Greek. See φίλος (phílos, “loving”) and κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”).

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