Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pænumbra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pænum-bra
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete and rare spelling of penumbra.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"It was the pænumbra which surrounded the bright nucleus of a faith in a “God who is love.”"
"An Atom and a Molecule were taking a drive one afternoon in the pænumbra of the Kosmos."
"These ideas have in recent days received such a thorough support from English workers that the formulæ of Ehrlich are, for a time at least, entering the pænumbra of an eclipse."
"And every image carries with it a pænumbra, or halo, of feeling which is also the ghost of an original emotional experience."

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does pænumbra mean?: Obsolete and rare spelling of penumbra.

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