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hircose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hir-cose
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine

Archaic

Etymology

By surface analysis, hirc- (“buck, male goat”) + -ose. Ultimately related to Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Derived Forms

hircosity

Questions

What does hircose mean?
Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine
Where does hircose come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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