Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presanitary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-san-i-tary
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before sanitation.

Example Sentences

"It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad."

Etymology

From pre- + sanitary.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does presanitary mean?: Before sanitation.
Where does presanitary come from?: From pre- + sanitary.

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