Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inheritance powder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: in-her-i-tance pow-der
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several poisons used for murder, but especially arsenic and, to a lesser extent, thallium.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"`Arsenic was very popular in the old days [...] Inheritance powder, they called it. Pure, deadly, white, dissolves in any weak acid.'"

Etymology

So called because one person might murder another to gain an inheritance.

Usage

Inflected Forms

inheritance powders (plural)

Questions

What does inheritance powder mean?: Any of several poisons used for murder, but especially arsenic and, to a lesser extent, thallium.
Where does inheritance powder come from?: So called because one person might murder another to gain an inheritance.

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