Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phlogistonism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phlo-gis-ton-ism
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phlogiston theory.

Uncountable

Etymology

From phlogiston + -ism.

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Questions

What does phlogistonism mean?
The phlogiston theory.
Where does phlogistonism come from?
From phlogiston + -ism.

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