Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circumvallatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-cum-val-la-to-ry
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the nature of a circumvallation; consisting of a rampart or trench that entirely encircles the position being defended.

Example Sentences

"LEXINGTON, in Kentucky, stands partly on the site of an ancient town, which was of great extent and magnificence, as is amply evinced by the wide range of its circumvallatory works, and the quantity of ground it once occupied."
"Here a broad, deep, circumvallatory trench, hewn from the solid rock, was defended by a wall of great strength erected upon its inner edge."

Etymology

From circumvallation + -ory.

Questions

What does circumvallatory mean?: Having the nature of a circumvallation; consisting of a rampart or trench that entirely encircles the position being defended.
Where does circumvallatory come from?: From circumvallation + -ory.

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