Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rumsfeldian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rums-fel-dian
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Donald Rumsfeld's speech on known knowns, describing the Johari window.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English Rumsfeld Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Rumsfeldian From Rumsfeld + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Rumsfeldian (comparative) most Rumsfeldian (superlative)

Questions

What does rumsfeldian mean?
Of or pertaining to Donald Rumsfeld or policies associated with him.
Where does rumsfeldian come from?
Etymology tree English Rumsfeld Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Rumsfeldian From Rumsfeld + -ian.

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