Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

triffidian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trif-fid-i-an
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or relating to triffids ("a fictional plant able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger").

Example Sentences

"It was assumed, consequently, that their characteristic of suddenly losing their immobility and rattling a rapid tattoo against the main stem was some strange form of triffidian amatory exuberance."
"Some stayed on in the old house and, with consummate dignity, would totter down avenues choked with weeds and brambles which grow at a triffidian rate in Ireland, to a servant's cottage pretending to inquire about the ancient groom's."

Etymology

From triffid + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: triffid

Inflected Forms

more triffidian (comparative) most triffidian (superlative)

Synonyms

triffidlike

Questions

What does triffidian mean?: Resembling or relating to triffids ("a fictional plant able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger").
Where does triffidian come from?: From triffid + -ian.

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