k 5 i 1 n 1 e 1 s 1 i 1 c 3 s 1
8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsĭs, “motion”, noun) + English -ics (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice), coined by the American anthropologist Ray L. Birdwhistell (1918–1994) in his work Introduction to Kinesics (1952) (see the quotation). Κῑ́νησῐς (Kī́nēsĭs) is derived from κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to set in motion, move”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-…
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Also spells
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- sickie 12
- snecks 12
- snicks 12
- kinesis 11
- necks 11
- nicks 11
- sicks 11
- sneck 11