wyclif

Other forms of wyclif

plural

wyclifs·

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 wyclif

What does wyclif mean?

wyclif means "English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)".

How many syllables are in wyclif?

wyclif has 2 syllables and divides as wy-clif 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.

What is another word for wyclif?

Close synonyms include Wycliffe, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, John Wickliffe, John Wyclif. 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 wyclif a common word?

wyclif 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.