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psammic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
psam-mic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to sand.

adj

Of or pertaining to the psammon.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψᾰ́μμος (psắmmos, “sand”) + -ic.

Derived Forms

epipsammic mesopsammic

Questions

What does psammic mean?
Of or pertaining to sand.
Where does psammic come from?
From Ancient Greek ψᾰ́μμος (psắmmos, “sand”) + -ic.

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