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EONISM
Definition of EONISM
noun
The pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined in 1920 by the British physician and sexologist Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) after Chevalier d'Eon (1728–1810), a French diplomat, spy and soldier who presented as male for 49 years, then as a female for 33. Ellis had previously used the term sexo-aesthetic inversion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,346)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EONISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EONISM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EONISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found EONISM?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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