Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

watercolourist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter-colourist
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artist who paints watercolours.

Example Sentences

  • "Jim's aunt is an avid watercolourist."

Etymology

Etymology tree English watercolour 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 watercolourist From watercolour + -ist.

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Questions

What does watercolourist mean?
An artist who paints watercolours.
Where does watercolourist come from?
Etymology tree English watercolour 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 watercolourist From watercolour + -ist.

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