Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verdurian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-duri-an
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A constructed language invented by Mark Rosenfelder in 1995.

Example Sentences

"Well, Mark has posted a "secret dictionary" for Verdurian, a descendant of Cadhinor, containing words for modern concepts; it has an entry for "atomic bomb" which could possibly be back-ported to Cadhinor."
"After resolving to recommit herself to aesthetic dermatology and cosmetic surgery , Johanna turns to her professional work, which at the moment consists of feminist linguistic research on grammatical gender in Hebrew, Verdurian, and various other languages in which verbs as well as nouns are masculine, feminine, or, in some instances, neuter."
"Rosenfelder derived Verdurian originally from French and Russian, and was influenced by other constructed languages."

Etymology

From Verduria + -an, the language of the fictional country Verduria.

Questions

What does verdurian mean?: A constructed language invented by Mark Rosenfelder in 1995.
Where does verdurian come from?: From Verduria + -an, the language of the fictional country Verduria.

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