whovian
/ˈhuː.viː.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the fictional universe of Doctor Who.
Example Sentences
- "But I am sorry; I'm a devout Whovian and I guess I got a little hot seeing the good Doctor ignored like that."
- "Typing birthday and Doctor Who into the search fireld turned up a fan-made video of a Dalek singing "Happy Birthday," which was perfect for my friend Steve, a fellow Whovian."
- "In his time, he's been a comic-book geek, a role-playing geek, a computer geek, and a sci- fi geek, though never a Trekkie, Trekker, or a Whovian, because he has his limits."
- "Westin: "Oh, yeah. We found a full fledged member of a fan club that has already seen all episodes of the show[…]he was a closet Whovian, or what ever they are called.”"
- "One of the more inventive applications of the Frazerian thesis that magic is misunderstood science is the British television series Dr Who[…]Most space aliens who make it to the Whovian Earth are as interested in power and 'the art of managing the mob, which is called leading people by the nose ' as any Tolandish druid or priest."
- "The Ninth Doctor is haunted, thanks to a 'Time War' that has rendered his species, the Time Lords, extinct at the hands of the Whovian nemeses, the Daleks, who are now supposedly equally extinct."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈhuː.viː.ən/