Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

verminicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-mini-cide
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A substance that kills vermin

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But at Sam Suffy there were worse than mosquitoes. During the summer verminicide became a necessary item in the “bazar.”"

Etymology

From vermin + -icide.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vermin

Usage

Inflected Forms

verminicides (plural)

Questions

What does verminicide mean?: A substance that kills vermin
Where does verminicide come from?: From vermin + -icide.

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