democritus

1. 1.

   Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC)

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Other forms of democritus

plural

democrituses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about democritus

What does democritus mean?

democritus means "Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC)".

How many syllables are in democritus?

democritus has 4 syllables and divides as de-mo-cri-tus 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.