Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banksian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: banksian
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.

adj

Of or pertaining to Iain Banks (born 1954) or his writings, most notably a utopian style of science fiction.

Example Sentences

"Naturally it's compulsive Banksian reading, with lashings of gore, squalor, poison, torture and philosophy."
"[…]the recurring motif of war and its symbolic Banksian appendage, the figure of the castle[…]"
"And it is in the character and story of Abel that this element of Banksian self-parody shows itself most clearly […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English Banks Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Banksian From Banks + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Banksian (comparative) most Banksian (superlative)

Phrases

Banksian pine Banksian rose

Questions

What does banksian mean?: Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
Where does banksian come from?: Etymology tree English Banks Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Banksian From Banks + -ian.

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