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replicant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
repli-cant
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

replicative

noun

A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.

noun

One who replies.

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin replicāns, present participle of replicō. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more replicant (comparative) most replicant (superlative) replicants (plural)

Questions

What does replicant mean?
replicative
Where does replicant come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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