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philotimia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
philo-timia
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The urge to be thought superior; excessive ambition.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φιλοτιμία (philotimía) from φιλο- (philo-, “love”) + τιμή (timḗ, “honour”); see philo-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: φιλοτιμία

Usage

Questions

What does philotimia mean?
The urge to be thought superior; excessive ambition.
Where does philotimia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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