Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vacationist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: va-ca-tion-ist
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who is on vacation.

Example Sentences

"Anyone was welcome to ride. And as the train rolled along the backwoods section it picked up countless non-paying passengers from among vacationists and boys from camps."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English vacation English vacation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English vacationist From vacation + -ist.

Inflected Forms

vacationists (plural)

Synonyms

vacationer

Questions

What does vacationist mean?: Someone who is on vacation.
Where does vacationist come from?: Etymology tree Middle English vacation English vacation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English vacationist From vacation + -ist.

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