Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semianimal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semi-an-i-mal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Half or partly animal.

Example Sentences

"According to people who were there, he held séances in which he produced mysterious creatures out of nowhere — human forms, semihuman, animal, semianimal."

Etymology

From semi- + animal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Questions

What does semianimal mean?: Half or partly animal.
Where does semianimal come from?: From semi- + animal.

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