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tetrakis legomenon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tetrak-is le-gomenon
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word occurring only four times in a given corpus.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τετράκις λεγόμενον (tetrákis legómenon, “(something) said only four times”), from τετράκις (tetrákis, “four times”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: τετράκις λεγόμενον

Inflected Forms

tetrakis legomena (plural)

Phrases

dis legomenon hapax legomenon tris legomenon

Frequently Paired Words

dis legomenon hapax legomenon tris legomenon

Questions

What does tetrakis legomenon mean?
A word occurring only four times in a given corpus.
Where does tetrakis legomenon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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