Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dystomic

/dɪˈstɑmɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dys-tom-ic
IPA
/dɪˈstɑmɪk/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having imperfect fracture or cleavage.

Etymology

From dys- (“defective”) + -tome (“cutting, section”) + -ic (“adjectival suffix”), ultimately from Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /dɪˈstɑmɪk/

Inflected Forms

more dystomic (comparative) most dystomic (superlative) dystomous (alternative)

Rhymes With

preautonomic

Questions

How do you pronounce dystomic?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈstɑmɪk/.
What does dystomic mean?
Having imperfect fracture or cleavage.
Where does dystomic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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