eryngo
/iːˈɹɪŋɡəʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Let the skie raine Potatoes: let it thunder, to the tune of Greene-ſleeues, haile-kiſſing Comfits, and ſnovv Eringoes: […]"
- "For some ordinary broths made of Eringos or Sea-Holme, and Burstwort, which twice or thrice I have swallowed downe at the request of some Ladies, who, more kindely then my disease is unkind, offred me the moity of theirs, have equally seemed unto me as easie to take as unprofitable in operation."
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin ēryngion, from Ancient Greek ἠρύγγιον (ērúngion), from ἤρυγγος (ḗrungos).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: eryngion, ἠρύγγιον
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /iːˈɹɪŋɡəʊ/