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sciamachy

sci·am·a·chy
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sahy-am-uh-kee]
    • /saɪˈæm ə ki/
    • /sˈaɪəmˌakɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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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