Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plutarchian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
plutarchi-an
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plutarch or his writings

Etymology

Etymology tree English Plutarch Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Plutarchian From Plutarch + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Plutarchian (comparative) most Plutarchian (superlative) Plutarchean (alternative)

Questions

What does plutarchian mean?
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plutarch or his writings
Where does plutarchian come from?
Etymology tree English Plutarch Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Plutarchian From Plutarch + -ian.

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