Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grandfetus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grand-fe-tus
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fetus of someone’s child.

Example Sentences

"Has any grandmother ever said that she will soon be able to refer to her grandfetus as a grandbaby?"
"A distinguished retired paediatrician telephoned me, concerned about his grandfetus which had been found through antenatal scanning to be one umbilical artery short."
"I feel elated paying the twenty-some dollars to insure a decent night’s rest and a reduction of bed-envy toward my wholly innocent grandfetus."
"The newest family member (whom I refer to for the time being as our grandfetus) is now big enough to startle his dad-to-be with kicks and bumps visible on the outside of his mother’s belly.[…]Nowadays, it’s normal to know, so Simon and I know that our grandfetus is a boy."

Etymology

From grand- + fetus.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: grand

Inflected Forms

grandfetuses (plural) grandfoetus (alternative, UK)

Questions

What does grandfetus mean?: A fetus of someone’s child.
Where does grandfetus come from?: From grand- + fetus.

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