Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recomplicate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-com-pli-cate
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To complicate again or anew.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Both tendencies enabled her to be one of a small group of painters — including Philip Guston, Frank Stella and Brice Marden — who during the 1970s rebuilt the medium from scratch, recomplicating and expanding its parameters and proving that it was still ripe for innovation, in part because of its rich history."

Etymology

From re- + complicate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

recomplicates (present, singular) recomplicating (participle, present) recomplicated (participle, past) recomplicated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

recomplication

Questions

What does recomplicate mean?: To complicate again or anew.
Where does recomplicate come from?: From re- + complicate.

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