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magophony

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
magopho-ny
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The slaughter of magi or priests.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαγοφόνια (magophónia), from μάγος (mágos) and φόνος (phónos, “slaughter”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: μαγοφόνια

Usage

Questions

What does magophony mean?
The slaughter of magi or priests.
Where does magophony come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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