Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wordsworthian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: wordswor-thi-an
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scholar of the works of William Wordsworth (1770–1850), English Romantic poet.

adj

Pertaining to or characteristic of William Wordsworth.

Example Sentences

"1905, J. Roger Rees, Preface to Poems and Extracts by William Wordsworth. The inside of it is, however, what interests the Wordsworthian."
"The sentiment is of a distinctly Wordsworthian quality."
"The whole area was tastefully laid out with gardens full of daffodils and other Wordsworthian aids to memory."
"We don’t have Alps in this country, but we have the Drakensberg, or on a smaller scale Table Mountain, which we climb in the wake of the poets, hoping for one of those revelatory, Wordsworthian moments we have all heard about."
"The Wordsworthian Enlightenment: Romantic Poetry and the Ecology of Reading."

Etymology

From Wordsworth + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Wordsworth

Inflected Forms

Wordsworthians (plural) more Wordsworthian (comparative) most Wordsworthian (superlative)

Derived Forms

Wordworthianism

Questions

What does wordsworthian mean?: A scholar of the works of William Wordsworth (1770–1850), English Romantic poet.
Where does wordsworthian come from?: From Wordsworth + -ian.

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