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quadrilabial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quadri-labi-al
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Articulated with two pairs of lips (i.e. involving mouth-to-mouth contact between two people).

Humorous

Etymology

From quadri- + labial, modelled on bilabial.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more quadrilabial (comparative) most quadrilabial (superlative)

Questions

What does quadrilabial mean?
Articulated with two pairs of lips (i.e. involving mouth-to-mouth contact between two people).
Where does quadrilabial come from?
From quadri- + labial, modelled on bilabial.

How to pronounce quadrilabial

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