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raskol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
raskol
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A criminal in Papua New Guinea, sometimes operating as part of a gang.

name

A mid-17th-century schism that split the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers movement, triggered by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in 1653, which aimed to establish uniformity between Greek and Russian church practices.

Etymology

Reborrowed from Tok Pisin, from English rascal.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

raskols (plural)

Questions

What does raskol mean?
A criminal in Papua New Guinea, sometimes operating as part of a gang.
Where does raskol come from?
It is traced to English.

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