ximenean
/hɪˈmeɪ.ni.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the cryptic crossword style used and defined by "Ximenes" (Derrick Somerset Macnutt), whereby an acceptable cryptic clue must have a precise definition, a fair and strictly grammatical subsidiary indication, and no redundant elements beyond these.
adj
Pertaining to the religious teachings and publications of Ximénez de Cisneros.
Example Sentences
- "For example, I did not follow a Ximenean rule that a member of a larger class cannot be used to define the class itself (one poster brought this up)."
- "Don Manley calls these non-Ximenean clues “wild and woolly” and worries they're far too common."
- "[…] the Ximenean camp […] makes up the hardliners, setters and solvers who insist on every clue being thoroughly sound in both grammar and execution […]"
- "Speaking of the Ximenean Polyglot, Prescott calls it a “noble monument of piety, learning, and munificence, which entitles its author to the gratitude of the whole Christian world.”—Ferd. 5r Isab., Vol. III., p. 289."
- "In the oldest Mozarabic service-book (the Orationale Gothicum) the series of services of instruction for the Compétents (Missae Cate- chumenorum) is confined to three weeks, and not, as in the Ximenean printed service-books, extended to six weeks."
- "1911, Arthur Cayley Headlam (Bishop of Gloucester), The Church Quarterly Review The Orationale is a MS. of the highest antiquity, bearing throughout a character consistent with an older date than the MSS. which underlie the Ximenean Missal and Breviary"
Etymology
Ximénez or Ximenes + -an
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: Ximenes