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melicerous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
melicer-ous
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Consisting of or containing honeylike matter; said of certain encysted tumours.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin meliceris (“a kind of tumor”), from Ancient Greek μελικηρίς (melikērís, “honeycomb”), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + κηρός (kērós, “wax”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: meliceris, μελικηρίς

Inflected Forms

more melicerous (comparative) most melicerous (superlative)

Questions

What does melicerous mean?
Consisting of or containing honeylike matter; said of certain encysted tumours.
Where does melicerous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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