Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cryptorheic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cryp-torhe-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Draining through invisible, subterranean outflows.

adj

Pertaining to an unspecified or unidentified discharge or secretion.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A reasonable deduction would be that under karst (cryptorheic) conditions no surface streams would exist and that we should not look for a "drowned" surface drainage pattern."
"Sonoran — extends from Río Sonoyta to the Río Yaqui and intervening small basins, most of them cryptorheic, through desert and semi-desert areas, west of the Sierra Madre Occidental."
"One of these is the cryptorheic basin (hidden river) in the Yucatan State, north of Quintana Roo."

Etymology

From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘hidden’) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, gush, stream”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).

Word Breakdown

Root: *srew-
Suffix: ic

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does cryptorheic mean?: Draining through invisible, subterranean outflows.
Where does cryptorheic come from?: From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘hidden’) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, gush, stream”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).

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