Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capriped

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: capriped
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or relating to feet like those of a goat.

noun

A goat-footed person; a satyr.

Example Sentences

"[…] so deep in the confidence of nature in general that they seem to belong to the forest, and to be fellows with its denizens, like the capriped satyrs […]"
"And into the hall twirled six capripeds, footing it lightly as the music swept ever faster, and a one-footer that leaped hither and thither about and about, as the flea hoppeth, till the Witches grew hoarse with singing and shouting and hounding of him on."

Etymology

From Latin capriped-, capripēs.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Inflected Forms

capripeds (plural) capripede (alternative)

Questions

What does capriped mean?: Having or relating to feet like those of a goat.
Where does capriped come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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