polemic
/pəˈlemɪk/puh-LEH-mik
/pəˈlɛmɪk/puh-LEH-mik
Meaningwarlike
Common meaning: a fierce written attack
- polemwar, fightingLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 48 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek πόλεμος ‘war, fighting’.
Roots
- πόλεμος Greek “war, fighting”
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