typhonic
/taɪˈfɑnɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to Typhon or, by interpretatio graeca, his Egyptian equivalent Set.
Example Sentences
- "a typhonic gale"
- "It has been a matter of considerable difficulty to secure the evidence furnished in the Notes that these animals were Typhonic, symbols of Set, and ultimately reprobated representations in Egyptian art, subject to the destruction which has made the statuettes of the Typhonic God himself of highest rarity in the Museums."
- "At any rate, Muller goes on to note that when the myth was related to the sea, the latter changed from Osirian to Anti-Osirian, i.e. “Setian” or, Typhonic, to use the later Greek form."
- "But how, then, can the Typhonic, even as a question, be introduced here precisely as a response to the story of Boreas? How can the memory of the most terrible monster of all time, still evident in the belching of Mount Aetna, a monster of the earth who sought violently to overthrow Zeus and his rule of the heavens, be related to the good son-in-law of Athens?"
Etymology
From Typhon + -ic.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /taɪˈfɑnɪk/
- British English: /taɪˈfɒnɪk/
Inflected Forms
more Typhonic (comparative)
most Typhonic (superlative)