schismatic
/ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a schism.
adj
Of or pertaining to a schisma.
adj
Example Sentences
- "The pontiff had made a last-ditch effort to persuade the society to halt the ordinations, calling them a “schismatic act” and a “sin of extreme gravity”."
- "schismatic opinions or proposals"
- "He semeth a sysmatyke Or els an heretike, For fayth in hym is faynte."
- "Amid heretics and schismatics, spoilers of the church’s lands, and scoffers at saints and sacraments, there remains a remnant."
Etymology
From Middle English scismatik with etymological respelling, from Middle French scismatique, from Latin schismaticus, from Ancient Greek σχισματικός (skhismatikós), from σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”). The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *skeyd-, scismatik, scismatique, schismaticus, σχισματικός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/
- British English: /ʃɪzˈmæt.ɪk/
Inflected Forms
Phrases
schismatic temperament