Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protreptic

/pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-trep-tic
IPA: /pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to instruct; didactic.

noun

A didactic speech, book, etc.

Example Sentences

"A protreptic discourse for beginners, no matter what the stage of Plato's development when he wrote it, would contain much elementary matter and would certainly not reveal his most profound thought."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek προτρεπτικός (protreptikós, “hortatory”), from προτρέπω (protrépō, “to urge on”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: προτρεπτικός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/
British English: /pɹəʊˈtɹɛptɪk/

Inflected Forms

more protreptic (comparative) most protreptic (superlative) protreptics (plural)

Synonyms

protreptical

Questions

How do you pronounce protreptic?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹoʊˈtɹɛptɪk/.
What does protreptic mean?: Serving to instruct; didactic.
Where does protreptic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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