pianistic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to piano playing.
adj
Suitable for playing on a piano, well-suited to piano playing.
Example Sentences
- "But it offers pianistic thrills as well as a few moments of dreamy introspection, and Mr. Ax played it with the vitality and thoughtfulness listeners expect of him."
Etymology
Etymology tree Italian pianobor. English piano Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English pianistic From piano + -istic.
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.
Inflected Forms
more pianistic (comparative)
most pianistic (superlative)