Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cirriped

/ˈsɪɹɪpɛd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-riped
IPA: /ˈsɪɹɪpɛd/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any barnacle or similar crustacean of the infraclass Cirripedia

Example Sentences

"What train of wives and concubines was ever so ignominiously placed as the extra husbands carried among the scales of the careful female cirriped, lest she lose one or two!"

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Cirripedia. By surface analysis, cirri- + -ped. Doublet of cirripede.

Word Breakdown

Root: Cirripedia

Inflected Forms

cirripeds (plural) cirrhopod (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

cirripedology

Frequently Paired Words

cirropodous

Synonyms

barnacle cirripede

Questions

How do you pronounce cirriped?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪɹɪpɛd/.
What does cirriped mean?: Any barnacle or similar crustacean of the infraclass Cirripedia
Where does cirriped come from?: Borrowed from translingual Cirripedia. By surface analysis, cirri- + -ped. Doublet of cirripede.

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