pornographic
/ˌpɔː(ɹ)nəˈɡɹæfɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Trying to write honestly about pornographic films is like trying to tie one's shoe while walking: it's practically impossible without sacrificing stride and balance and a certain amount of ordinary dignity, the sort one uses with bank tellers who question a signature."
- "The intent to make the "MMR question" as serious as possible resulted in an almost pornographic obsession with suffering children."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pórnē Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos) Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos)lbor. French pornographiebor. English pornography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pornographic From pornography + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more pornographic (comparative)
most pornographic (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
pornographico-devotional
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