Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bellocian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bel-locian
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953), Anglo-French writer and historian.

noun

A follower of Hilaire Belloc's philosophy

Example Sentences

"There were, of course answers to the Bellocian contention."
"He then proceeded, in pseudo-Bellocian fashion, to divide Europe into the 'Gallo-Latin', the 'Anglo-Saxon' and the 'Austro-German' civilizations."
"in contrast to the political and economic focus of the Bellocians, they were interested in theology and philosophy, and particularly in new voices on the continent, from France and Germany."

Etymology

From Belloc + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Belloc

Inflected Forms

more Bellocian (comparative) most Bellocian (superlative) Bellocians (plural)

Synonyms

Bellocite

Questions

What does bellocian mean?: Of or relating to Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953), Anglo-French writer and historian.
Where does bellocian come from?: From Belloc + -ian.

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