Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fumitory

/ˈfjuːmɪt(ə)ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fu-mi-to-ry
IPA: /ˈfjuːmɪt(ə)ɹi/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From late Middle English fumyter (with remodelling of suffix), from Old French fumeterre, from Latin fūmus terrae.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fumyter, fumeterre, fūmus terrae

Usage

Inflected Forms

fumitories (plural) fumiter (alternative) fumetere (alternative)

Phrases

yellow fumitory

Synonyms

fumewort fumeroot fumaria officinalis

Questions

How do you pronounce fumitory?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfjuːmɪt(ə)ɹi/.
What does fumitory mean?: Any plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
Where does fumitory come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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