Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prefossilized

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-fos-silized
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fossilized earlier than surrounding material.

Example Sentences

"The kind of fantasy that doesn’t care that human beings and these prefossilized thunder-lizards are usually thought to have been separated by millions of years?"

Etymology

From pre- + fossilized.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Frequently Paired Words

prefossilization

Questions

What does prefossilized mean?: Fossilized earlier than surrounding material.
Where does prefossilized come from?: From pre- + fossilized.

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