extremophilic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, or pertaining to the extremophiles
Example Sentences
- "Collect samples in volcanic springs or superheated hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor and you'll find extremophilic microbes living apparently unfazed."
Etymology
Etymology tree English extreme Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English extremophile Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English extremophilic From extremophile + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more extremophilic (comparative)
most extremophilic (superlative)