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quasiquote

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quasiquote
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From quasi- + quote.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

quasiquotes (present, singular) quasiquoting (participle, present) quasiquoted (participle, past) quasiquoted (past)

Frequently Paired Words

quasiquotation quasiquoter

Questions

What does quasiquote mean?
To enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value.
Where does quasiquote come from?
From quasi- + quote.

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