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enchytrism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
enchytrism
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The burial of a child or a small animal in a vessel such as a pot.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγχυτρισμός (enkhutrismós, “enchytrism”), from ἐγχυτρίζω (enkhutrízō, “to expose a newborn in a pot”) + -μός (-mós), from lenited ἐν- (en-, “in-”) and χυτρίζω (khutrízō, “put in a pot”), from χύτρα (khútra, “clay pot”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἐγχυτρισμός

Usage

Inflected Forms

enchytrisms (plural)

Questions

What does enchytrism mean?
The burial of a child or a small animal in a vessel such as a pot.
Where does enchytrism come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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