Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yermic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yer-mic
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of a desert.

Example Sentences

"The components of the desert pavement that is often found on top of the yermic horizon are too large for standard thin section studies and thus they are not discussed in this chapter."

Etymology

From Spanish yermo (“desert wasteland”) + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: yermo
Suffix: ic

Questions

What does yermic mean?: Characteristic of a desert.
Where does yermic come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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