Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

varietist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: va-ri-etist
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.

Obsolete

noun

A person who is nonmonogamous.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"We would call it today an "open marriage", at once permissive and varietist"
"2015 March 23, David S. D'Amato, Free Love: Victoria Woohhull, Libertarianism.orghttp://www.libertarianism.org/columns/free-love-victoria-woodhull In her periodical, Woodhull stated that her proposition was to "advocate sexual freedom for all people - freedom for the monogamist to practice monogamy, for the varietist to be a varietist still."."

Etymology

From variety + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: variety

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more varietist (comparative) most varietist (superlative) varietists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

varietism

Questions

What does varietist mean?: Of, relating to, or practicing sexual varietism.
Where does varietist come from?: From variety + -ist.

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