thoreauvian

1. 1.

   relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau

Questions about thoreauvian

What does thoreauvian mean?

thoreauvian means "relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau".

How many syllables are in thoreauvian?

thoreauvian has 5 syllables and divides as tho-re-a-u-vian 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 thoreauvian a common word?

thoreauvian 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.