banausic

1. 1.

   (formal) ordinary and not refined

   “he felt contempt for all banausic occupations”

   Similarordinary

   formality

Questions about banausic

What does banausic mean?

banausic means "(formal) ordinary and not refined".

How many syllables are in banausic?

banausic has 3 syllables and divides as ba-nau-sic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is banausic a common word?

banausic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.