Transcription
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- [sahy-am-uh-kee]
- /saɪˈæm ə ki/
- /sˈaɪəmˌakɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahy-am-uh-kee]
- /saɪˈæm ə ki/
Definitions of sciamachy word
- noun plural sciamachy an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy. 1
- noun sciamachy a fight with an imaginary enemy 0
- noun sciamachy a fighting with shadows or imaginary enemies 0
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Origin of sciamachy
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Greek skiamachía, equivalent to skiá shadow + -machia -machy
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Parts of speech for Sciamachy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sciamachy popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
sciamachy usage trend in Literature
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