stereopticon
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.
Example Sentences
- "The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator."
- "Certain unscrupulous individuals grow rich through the manufacture and distribution of suggestive postcards, obscene steriopticon views, and inexcusable books and typewritten pamphlets."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós) English stereopticon From stereo- (“three-dimensional”) + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”).