crumenal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1850, Henry K. Oliver, Bees and Honey, in Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society for 1850, Essex Agricultural Society, page 115, […] and could only have rewarded, if they rewarded at all, by inserting their hands into their own crumenal pouches […] ."
- "I now plainly saw that Mr. Snoole's sincerity must be put to that most searching of tests—the crumenal one, the efficacy of which is so soon found out, and so simply illustrated by schoolboys:—"Will you take your oath?—"Yes."—"Will you bet sixpence?"—"No.""
- "Again, some practitioners are of the opinion that a "pumiced" condition of the sole is the crumenal diagnostic test, and indicative of chronic laminitis."
Etymology
From Latin crumena (“purse”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: crumena
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
crumenal organ