oedymerous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Female, forma brachyptera.—Much like preceding form in color and general structure, but usually distinctly œdymerous and male-like in appearance; eyes reduced in size, ocelli nearly or quite wanting, genal tooth usually more prominent; sense-cones shorter; pronotum usually fully 1.5 times as long as head."
- "Macropterous, brachypterous and apterous forms of females and males are known in their populations. Two forms – oedymerous and gynaecoid – occur in males: they are characterized by the allometry of some body parts."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō) Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)der. French -mère Ancient Greek -μερής (-merḗs) Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English [Term?] English -merous English oedymerous From Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”) + -merous.
Inflected Forms
œdymerous (alternative)