Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quaquaversal

/kweɪkwəˈvɜːsəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quaqua-ver-sal
IPA: /kweɪkwəˈvɜːsəl/

33

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Going off in all directions from the center.

adj

Dipping towards a center in all directions.

Example Sentences

"She had a long look at him, and after having just spent hours with Frenesi’s face, found it easier now to make out, past the quaquaversal beard and smudged eyeglass lenses, as clearly as she ever would in Zoyd her own not-yet-come-to-terms-with face."
"It is a brilliantly managed scene, quaquaversal in its geometries, simultaneously expanding present space and deepening past time."

Etymology

From Latin quaqua versus (“turned wheresoever”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: quaqua versus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kweɪkwəˈvɜːsəl/

Inflected Forms

more quaquaversal (comparative) most quaquaversal (superlative)

Derived Forms

quaquaversality quaquaversally

Questions

How do you pronounce quaquaversal?: The recorded pronunciation is /kweɪkwəˈvɜːsəl/.
What does quaquaversal mean?: Going off in all directions from the center.
Where does quaquaversal come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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