Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tourmaliniferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tour-ma-lin-if-er-ous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From tourmaline + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more tourmaliniferous (comparative) most tourmaliniferous (superlative)

Questions

What does tourmaliniferous mean?
Bearing or yielding tourmaline.
Where does tourmaliniferous come from?
From tourmaline + -i- + -ferous.

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