Zenonicadjective1
Factsheet
What does the adjective Zenonic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective Zenonic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective Zenonic?
| 1850 | 0.0009 |
| 1860 | 0.0008 |
| 1870 | 0.0007 |
| 1880 | 0.0006 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0004 |
| 1910 | 0.0002 |
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0001 |
| 1940 | 0.0001 |
| 1950 | 0.0001 |
| 1960 | 0.0001 |
| 1970 | 0.0001 |
| 1980 | 0.0001 |
| 1990 | 0.0001 |
| 2000 | 0.0001 |
| 2010 | 0.0001 |
How is the adjective Zenonic pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective Zenonic come from?
Earliest known use
late 1700s
The earliest known use of the adjective Zenonic is in the late 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for Zenonic is from 1779, in the writing of Joseph Berington, Roman Catholic priest and religious controversialist.
From a proper name, combined with an English element.
Etymons: proper name Zēnō, Ζήνων, ‑ic suffix.
Nearby entries
- Zennist, adj. & n.1904–
- zeno-, comb. form
- zenocentric, adj.1911–
- Zenocratically, adv.1588
- zenographic, adj.1853–
- zenographical, adj.1853–
- zenography, n.1890–
- Zenonian, adj.¹ & n.¹1654–
- Zenonian, adj.²1756–
- Zenonian, adj.³ & n.²1837–
- Zenonic, adj.¹1779–
- Zenonic, adj.²1827–
- Zenonism, n.¹1789–
- Zenonism, n.²1935–
- zenzi-, comb. form
- zenzic, n. & adj.1557–71
- zenzicube, adj. & n.1557–1690
- zenzicubic, adj.1557–71
- zenzicubicube, n.a1690
- zenzizenzic, adj. & n.1557–1690
- zenzizenzicube, n.a1690
Etymology
Summary
Meaning & use
- 1779–Of or relating to Zeno of Elea (early 5th cent. b.c.), or his philosophical ideas, esp. his paradoxes. Cf. Zenonian adj.3
- 1779
The Zenonic points are merely simple and unextended.
J. Berington, Immaterialism Delineated 48 - 1888
Heraclitus's system was the polar antithesis to this Zenonic position.
Academy 21 April 278/1 - 1904
The Zenonic puzzles touching the infinite divisibility of space would disappear like magic.
G. S. Fullerton, System of Metaphysics xxxvii. 439 - 2015
The traditional Zenonic paradoxes of the mapping of discrete quantities onto a continuum.
T. Tho in J. Vernon & A. Calcagno, Badiou & Hegel ii. 43
the mind operation of the mind philosophy ancient Greek philosophy pre-Socratic schools of philosophy [adjectives] specific schools or philosophers- Pythagorical1570–= Pythagorean, adj. B.1a.
- Pythagorean1579–Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pythagoras, his followers, or their philosophy.
- Anaxagorean1586–Of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras or his ideas, esp. his theories concerning the nature of matter and…
- Pythagoric1589–= Pythagorean, adj. Chiefly in plural with the.
- Empedoclean1599–Of, relating to, or reminiscent of Empedocles or his philosophy, esp. the idea that earth, air, fire, and water are the four ‘roots’ or elements…
- Democritean1603–Of, relating to, or characteristic of Democritus or his philosophy, esp. his atomic theory of matter (see atomic, adj. A.I.1a).
- Democritala1617–1872= Democritean, adj.
- Democritical1650Ancient Greek Philosophy. = Democritean, adj.
- atomical1653–Chiefly History of Science. Designating or adhering to the doctrine of atoms as understood in ancient Greek philosophy or later (cf. atom, n.…
- Italic1662–Pertaining to the Greek colonies in southern Italy: said of the school of philosophy founded in Magna Græcia by Pythagoras in the 6th cent. b.c.…
- Democritish1668= Democritean, adj.
- Anaximandrian1678–Of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greek philosopher Anaximander, noted especially for his contribution to the natural sciences.
- atomic1678–History of Science. Designating the doctrine of atoms taught by Leucippus and his pupil Democritus in the 5th cent. b.c.; relating to this…
- Democritic1678–Ancient Greek Philosophy. = Democritean, adj.
- Heraclitic1678–= Heraclitean, adj.
- hylopathian1678–1809Pertaining to, or holding, the view that all things are affections of matter; also as n. one who holds this view.
- Parmenidean1678–Of or belonging to Parmenides; relating to or characteristic of his philosophy that everything in existence is but a manifestation of a single…
- Heracliticala1688–
- atomistic1695–History of Science. Of or relating to atomists or atomism; = atomic, adj. A.I.1a.
- Eleatic1695–Pertaining to Elea or its inhabitants; spec. used of the philosophy of Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno, who lived or were born there.
- atomistical1707–= atomistic, adj. 1, 2.
- acousmatic1753–Of, relating to, or characteristic of this group. Also in extended use: thoughtless, unthinking.
- Pythagorico-Platonic1760–Both Pythagorean and Platonic; that posits a connection between the philosophical theories of Pythagoras and Plato. Cf. Pythagorean, adj., Platonic…
- Zenonic1779–Of or relating to Zeno of Elea (early 5th cent. b.c.), or his philosophical ideas, esp. his paradoxes. Cf. Zenonian, adj.³
- Heraclitean1791–Of, pertaining to, or of the style of Heraclitus of Ephesus, a Greek philosopher of the 5th century b.c. (called the ‘weeping philosopher’), or his…
- neopythagorean1863–Of or relating to neopythagoreanism.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Frequency
Zenonic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
Zenonic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of Zenonic, adj.¹, 1850–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0009 |
| 1860 | 0.0008 |
| 1870 | 0.0007 |
| 1880 | 0.0006 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0004 |
| 1910 | 0.0002 |
| 1920 | 0.0001 |
| 1930 | 0.0001 |
| 1940 | 0.0001 |
| 1950 | 0.0001 |
| 1960 | 0.0001 |
| 1970 | 0.0001 |
| 1980 | 0.0001 |
| 1990 | 0.0001 |
| 2000 | 0.0001 |
| 2010 | 0.0001 |