Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raphigraph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: raphi-graph
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of typewriter for the blind, pricking characters into paper by means of needles.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís, “needle”) + -graph.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ῥαφίς

Inflected Forms

raphigraphs (plural)

Questions

What does raphigraph mean?: A kind of typewriter for the blind, pricking characters into paper by means of needles.
Where does raphigraph come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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