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mammillary

/ˈmamɪləɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
mam-mil-lary
IPA
/ˈmamɪləɹi/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.

adj

Pertaining to the nipples.

noun

A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.

noun

A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle French mamillaire or directly from Late Latin mammillāris, from mamilla + -aris, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈmamɪləɹi/

Inflected Forms

more mammillary (comparative) most mammillary (superlative) mammillar (alternative) mamillary (alternative) mammillaries (plural)

Derived Forms

areolomammillary intermammillary mammillariform perimammillary postmammillary premammillary retromammillary supramammillary tuberomammillary

Phrases

mammillary body

Frequently Paired Words

mammary mammillar Mammillaria

Questions

How do you pronounce mammillary?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmamɪləɹi/.
What does mammillary mean?
Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
Where does mammillary come from?
From Middle French mamillaire or directly from Late Latin mammillāris, from mamilla + -aris, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).

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