professorial
/ˌprɒfəˈsɔːɹiəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships.
Example Sentences
- "David and I were not "intimate" friends. There was always a certain old-worldly formality about our interchanges. There was something professorial and distant about David, something that commanded respect, partially, I think, because he was so respectful himself."
- "Adamant that women could not enter the professorial fraternity, [[w:Cornell University|Cornell [University]]] did not appoint any women professors until 1911 and then only in home economics. Comstock regained her professorial title only in 1913, after working for many years as a lecturer (Conable 127, 130)."
- "Professorial, downright dorktastic African-American NBA [National Basketball Association] stars are defying the expectation that they wear an intimidating hood facade, which is changing how we view black athletes—and how they view themselves."
Etymology
From Latin professōrius (“professiorial; authoritative”) + -al. By surface analysis, professor + -ial.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: la:professōrius
Inflected Forms
more professorial (comparative)
most professorial (superlative)