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capsaicin

/kæpˈseɪəsən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.32 in modern English

Syllables
cap-saicin
IPA
/kæpˈseɪəsən/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.

Uncountable

Etymology

Arbitrary alteration of earlier capsicine, capsicin (“material extracted from cayenne pepper”), presumably to prevent confusion, from German Capsicin, from New Latin capsicum + German -in. Name introduced by John Clough Thresh (1850–1932) in “Capsaicin, the Active Principle of Capsicum Fruits”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

capsaicins (plural)

Derived Forms

capsaicinoid dihydrocapsaicin homocapsaicin homodihydrocapsaicin

Frequently Paired Words

capsicum

Rhymes With

jason mason basin grayson hasten freemason caisson chasen chasten chaisson clasen salveson

Questions

How do you pronounce capsaicin?
The recorded pronunciation is /kæpˈseɪəsən/.
What does capsaicin mean?
A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.
Where does capsaicin come from?
It is traced to German.

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