Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thucydidean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thucy-didean
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or characteristic of Thucydides.

noun

One of a group or school of writers in antiquity who considered themselves followers of Thucydides.

noun

A historian of Thucydides.

Etymology

From Thucydide(s) + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Thucydides

Inflected Forms

Thucydidian (alternative) Thucydideans (plural)

Synonyms

Thucydidesian

Questions

What does thucydidean mean?: Relating to, or characteristic of Thucydides.
Where does thucydidean come from?: From Thucydide(s) + -an.

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