Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xenophanes

/zɛˈnɒfəniːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: xeno-phanes
IPA: /zɛˈnɒfəniːz/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Greek given name.

name

The pre-Socratic philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon; by extension or reference, any profound or transformative religious thinker.

Example Sentences

"Lucretius was the Xenophanes of Roman culture, a great theorist (visionary), an ardent disciple of Universal Nature, an enemy of all superstition, false gods, and false fear of death, […]"
"No Xenophanes arose amongst the Jews to rebuke them for ascribing to Jahweh acts which would be accounted a shame and a disgrace amongst men; […]"
"Euthyphro is no Xenophanes but as a religious and thinking man he can turn to great teachers; […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ξενοφάνης (Xenophánēs). The name means “of foreign appearance” and is composed of ξένος (xénos, “foreign”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Derived Forms

Xenophanean Xenophanic

Questions

How do you pronounce xenophanes?: The recorded pronunciation is /zɛˈnɒfəniːz/.
What does xenophanes mean?: A Greek given name.
Where does xenophanes come from?: From Ancient Greek Ξενοφάνης (Xenophánēs). The name means “of foreign appearance” and is composed of ξένος (xénos, “foreign”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”).

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