procrustean

1. 1.

   of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him

Questions about procrustean

What does procrustean mean?

procrustean means "of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him".

How many syllables are in procrustean?

procrustean has 4 syllables and divides as pro-cru-ste-an 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 procrustean a common word?

procrustean is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.