xenagogue
/ˈzɛnəˌɡɑɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] I vvill be their Xenagogus, or guide, and firſt ſhevv them our Country of Kent, the inhabitants vvhereof, [Julius] Cæſar himſelf in his Commentaries, confeſſeth to be of all others the moſt full of humanity and gentleneſſe."
- "They are generally excellent Zenagogues or guides through their Countrie."
- "Consider popular enthusiasm roused by his demagogues and xenagogues."
- "[H]e can't quite get a bead on her instead his swift & anonymous xenagogue points out a bevy of beauties […]"
- "A xenagogue also walks alongside, but as a tour guide. […] In these testimonials of online learning parents are depicted as being able to accomplish pedagogical ends while acting like xenagogues. These insights beg the question of whether parents can be mobilized and empowered as pedagogues and online teachers would be more effective if they were empowered instead as xenagogues."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξεναγωγός (xenagōgós), from ξένος (xénos, “foreigner; guest; stranger”, noun) (possibly ultimately Pre-Greek) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “(adjective) guiding, leading; (noun) escort, guide”) (from ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “to bring along, lead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”)) + -ός (-ós, suffix forming agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns)). By surface analysis, xen- (prefix meaning ‘relating to foreigners or strangers’) + -agogue (suffix denoting something leading to another thing).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂eǵ-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈzɛnəˌɡɑɡ/
- British English: /ˈzɛnəɡɒɡ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
xenagogues (plural)
zenagogue (alternative)