Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zodiographer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zo-di-o-g-ra-pher
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who writes about the description and behavior of animal.

Example Sentences

"Notwithstanding upon enquiry we find no mention hereof in Ancient Zodiographers, and such as have particularly discoursed upon Animals, as Aristotle, Elian, Pliny, Solinus and many more; who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature,and have been very punctual in less considerable Records."
"I’m sure even the zodiographers can be wrong – chanted Éfhelìnye."
"Being a zodiographer herself, she enjoyed seeing how her grandfather and his generation had meticulously recorded every new species they could find and how they had made names for themselves in the process."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion) (diminutive of ζῶον (zôon, “animal”)) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”) + -er.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

zodiographers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

writer

Questions

What does zodiographer mean?: One who writes about the description and behavior of animal.
Where does zodiographer come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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