Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refidex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-fidex
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any street directory.

Australian usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"And with a refidex in the glovebox, she couldn't see any huge problems."
"The refidex shows that Clayfield and Hendra are 500 metres apart, and "Airport" and "Eagle Farm" are 1.1km apart."
"The meetings themselves are held in Hawken Building at UQ (building 50 on the campus refidexes), and the next one will be Saturday week."
"I'm driving, Kristy's navigating. For somebody who isn't used to reading a refidex she does a damn fine job."
"Even when UBD (Universal Business Directory’s) bought out Refidex, they continued to put Refidex on the front cover. Actually any street directory to a Brisbanite is a “refidex”."

Etymology

From the name (Refidex) of a particular brand of street directory, possibly from a blend of reference + index.

Usage

Inflected Forms

refidexes (plural)

Questions

What does refidex mean?: Any street directory.
Where does refidex come from?: From the name (Refidex) of a particular brand of street directory, possibly from a blend of reference + index.

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