Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sentimentalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: sen-ti-men-tal-ist
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who is sentimental.

Example Sentences

"But Flay, for all his longing to return to his birthplace was no sentimentalist in exile. His thoughts when they turned to the castle were by no means in the nature of reveries."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English sentimentalist From sentimental + -ist.

Inflected Forms

sentimentalists (plural)

Synonyms

romanticist

Questions

What does sentimentalist mean?: A person who is sentimental.
Where does sentimentalist come from?: Etymology tree English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English sentimentalist From sentimental + -ist.

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