Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tastemaker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: tastemak-er
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trendsetter with respect to taste.

Example Sentences

"The tastemakers have just discovered his work."
"SMILE WHEN YOU CALL AN ART worldling a "tastemaker." […] Where previous great tastemakers such as the Steins, the artist Marcel Duchamp and the dealer Alfred Stieglitz were dedicated amateurs, few in number, today there are swarms of them whose interests are professional or commercial."
"[Paul] Graham became an essential tastemaker for startups and startup culture in Silicon Valley."

Etymology

Etymology tree English taste Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English tastemaker From taste + maker.

Inflected Forms

tastemakers (plural)

Questions

What does tastemaker mean?: A trendsetter with respect to taste.
Where does tastemaker come from?: Etymology tree English taste Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English tastemaker From taste + maker.

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