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papyriferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-pyrif-er-ous
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing or producing papyrus.

adj

Synonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus or paper.

Etymology

From Latin papȳrifer + -ous (“forming adjectives”), from papyrus + -fer (“-bearing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more papyriferous (comparative) most papyriferous (superlative)

Synonyms

papyraceous of similar to or related to papyrus or paper

Rhymes With

hydrogeniferous nitrogeniferous chloriniferous maculiferous tungsteniferous strontiferous thalliferous columniferous falciferous squamiferous filamentiferous vermiferous

Questions

What does papyriferous mean?
Bearing or producing papyrus.
Where does papyriferous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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