Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ulcery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ul-cery
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of an ulcer.

Example Sentences

"Pain in the right side of the throat, as from an ulcery sensation or as if a splinter were lodged in the throat, when swallowing, eructating, breathing, stretching and moving the neck."

Etymology

From ulcer + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ulcer

Inflected Forms

more ulcery (comparative) most ulcery (superlative)

Questions

What does ulcery mean?: Resembling or characteristic of an ulcer.
Where does ulcery come from?: From ulcer + -y.

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