Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coctile

/ˈkɒktɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coc-tile
IPA: /ˈkɒktɪl/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made by baking, or exposure to heat.

adj

Made by baking, or exposure to heat.

adj

Made by baking, or exposure to heat.

adj

Built of baked bricks.

Example Sentences

"Coctive…Made by baking or exposing to heat, as a brick; coctile."
"Theſe Corals…are made of a ſort of pale red Coctile Earth or Stone."
"The excavations continued, and soon a most singularly shaped coctile vessel, or terra cotta urn…was brought to light."
"Now, these tiles are of the coctile kind, or which have been baked red like bricks or common red “roofing tiles.”"
"An oval platform of stone…stands out inside a perimeter frame of beige coctile brick with a fishbone formation."
"Was ever coctile product more appetizing to hungry mortals! The good Dr. Talmage…acknowledges a heavy debt to good bread as a stimulant to an overdrained brain."

Etymology

Borrowed from the Latin coctilis (“burned, built of burned bricks”), from coquō (“to cook, to roast or dry”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *pekʷ-, coctilis

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈkɒktɪl/

Frequently Paired Words

coct coctible coctillation coction coctive cocture concoct coque

Questions

How do you pronounce coctile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɒktɪl/.
What does coctile mean?: Made by baking, or exposure to heat.
Where does coctile come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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