synecdochic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Synonym of synecdochical.
Example Sentences
- "Hence "public rites," "the rites of the Roman people," those rites conducted by magistrates, were performed on behalf of the citizen body as a whole, and, as a corollary, all citizens as individuals were understood to assent to those rites and, by synecdochic representation, to participate in them."
Etymology
Etymology tree English synecdoche Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English synecdochic From synecdoche + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more synecdochic (comparative)
most synecdochic (superlative)