zodiacal
/zoʊˈdaɪ.ə.kəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the zodiac.
Example Sentences
- "[…] in some passages of the Old Testament they think they discover the Zodiacal course of the Sun […]"
- "For several evenings the pale twinkling of the somber zodiacal stars lighted up the west side of the heavens for some time after the sun had set."
- "She knew by heart everyone’s Zodiacal sign."
- "In the zodiacal procession of the poles, the 25,920-year cycle, Lascaux is the time of Virgo, and Virgo is associated with artistic excellence and discrimination."
Etymology
From Latin zōdiacus + -al. By surface analysis, zodiac + -al.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: la:zōdiacus
Inflected Forms
more zodiacal (comparative)
most zodiacal (superlative)