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emboîtement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-boite-ment
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The outdated hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre-existing germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, enclosed one within another.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French emboîtement.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: emboîtement

Usage

Questions

What does emboîtement mean?
The outdated hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre-existing germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, enclosed one within another.
Where does emboîtement come from?
It is traced to French.

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