cibarious
/sɪˈbɛɹi.əs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Bordarius, a term and distinction introduced by the Normans, was a bondman able not only to furnish a house, but also to stock a small farm which he enjoyed under the title of bord lands, whence he furnished the Lord's board with eggs, poultry, and the other cibarious produce of his farm."
- "'So, so,' said I, 'these markets of ours have still some charm left for them then; and yet they hold forth in praise of their three village butchers, as if no cibarious want were left ungratified.'"
- "To subsist these troops necessitated a continued flow of huge, lumbering Fiat trucks[…]But all the traffic of the road was not of a cibarious character[…]"
- "Nay, when we pass from this particular accomplishment, and consider his general powers—when we remember his range of appetite through the whole cibarious system—his unfailing faculty of digestion[…]"
- "[…] where blood suckers (diptera) take an important place by their complicated cibarious parts, innoculating germs developed in their interior."
- "Family XXII. Hyperina or Uroptera. Foot-jaws small, not covering the cibarious organs."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cibarius
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɪˈbɛɹi.əs/
- British English: /sɪˈbɛəɹi.əs/