Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bentleyan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bent-leyan
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Arthur Fisher Bentley (1870–1957), American political scientist and philosopher who worked in the fields of epistemology, logic, and linguistics.

Etymology

From Bentley + -an.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

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Questions

What does bentleyan mean?
Of or relating to Arthur Fisher Bentley (1870–1957), American political scientist and philosopher who worked in the fields of epistemology, logic, and linguistics.
Where does bentleyan come from?
From Bentley + -an.

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