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tapinosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tapinosis
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tapīnōsis (“depreciation”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis, “lowering”), from ταπεινός (tapeinós, “low”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tapīnōsis, ταπείνωσις

Inflected Forms

tapinoses (plural)

Synonyms

abbaser meiosis

Questions

What does tapinosis mean?
A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.
Where does tapinosis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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