Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swedenborgian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: swe-den-bor-gian
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.

noun

A religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg.

Example Sentences

"As Kirkpatrick worked, Otto Hahn - an intensely patriotic German lawyer and amateur petrologist turned Swedenborgian who believed life originated in outer space - was spending long hours staring down his microscope at what he took to be the fossilised remnants of algae."

Etymology

From Swedenborg + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Swedenborg

Inflected Forms

more Swedenborgian (comparative) most Swedenborgian (superlative) Swedenborgians (plural)

Derived Forms

Swedenborgianism Swedenborgianist

Questions

What does swedenborgian mean?: Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
Where does swedenborgian come from?: From Swedenborg + -ian.

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