Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hippopotamine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hip-popotamine
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hippopotamuses; large, rotund, indulgent.

Example Sentences

"The baby animal trotted cheerfully around the grassy enclosure, adorable in her hippopotamine rotundness."
"It is thus evident that about thirty years is the extreme limit of Hippopotamine existence..."
"Meanwhile, the wonderful series of hippopotamine remains from the Val d'Arno was attracting more attention..."
"Away on a hilltop sat combing her hair/His fair Hippopotamine maid..."
"But most important, a dinner of hippopotamine dimensions, portions you can wallow in, can be had, if you're cautious, for $9.50..."
"Fragmentary remains of a relatively small hippopotamine species referred to as imaguncula have been reported from the Western Rift of Uganda..."

Etymology

From hippopotamus + -ine.

Inflected Forms

more hippopotamine (comparative) most hippopotamine (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

elephantine rhinocerotine rhinocerine

Questions

What does hippopotamine mean?: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of hippopotamuses; large, rotund, indulgent.
Where does hippopotamine come from?: From hippopotamus + -ine.

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