Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plagiary

/ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pla-gia-ry
IPA: /ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

adj

Archaic

Example Sentences

"accounted Plagiary"
"Plagiarie had not its nativity with printing; but began in times when thefts were difficult, and the paucity of books ſcarce wanted that invention."
"He [Ben Jonson] vvas not onely a profeſſed Imitator of Horace, but a learned Plagiary of all the others; you track him every vvhere in their Snovv: […]"
"Without Invention a Painter is but a Copier, and a Poet but a Plagiary of others."
"The busy bee is his classical device, and the simile confesses and justifies his plundering propensities; but the plagiary poet who steals ideas is represented by another insect, […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary From Latin plagiārius (“kidnapper, plagiarist”), from plagium (“kidnapping”), probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

plagiaries (plural) plagiarie (alternative)

Derived Forms

plagiarise plagiarism plagiarist plagiaristic

Questions

How do you pronounce plagiary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpleɪdʒ(ɪ)əɹi/.
What does plagiary mean?: The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.
Where does plagiary come from?: Etymology tree Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary From Latin plagiārius (“kidnapper, plagiarist”), from plagium (“kidnapping”), probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”).

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