dostoyevsky

Other forms of dostoyevsky

plural

dostoyevskies·

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 dostoyevsky

What does dostoyevsky mean?

dostoyevsky means "Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)".

How many syllables are in dostoyevsky?

dostoyevsky has 3 syllables: do-stoyev-sky. The stress falls on "do".

What is another word for dostoyevsky?

Close synonyms include Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dostoyevsky a common word?

dostoyevsky 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.