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ptygmatic

/tɪɡˈmætɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ptyg-mat-ic
IPA
/tɪɡˈmætɪk/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an irregular and/or disconnected pattern.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτύγματα (ptúgmata, “folds”) + -ic.

Rhymes With

nonmetachromatic herostratic quasimonochromatic thermochromatic kinechromatic chorochromatic dyschromatic chromocratic oncostatic interzygomatic retrozygomatic altermatic

Questions

How do you pronounce ptygmatic?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɪɡˈmætɪk/.
What does ptygmatic mean?
Having an irregular and/or disconnected pattern.
Where does ptygmatic come from?
From Ancient Greek πτύγματα (ptúgmata, “folds”) + -ic.

How to pronounce ptygmatic

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