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mellific

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mel-lif-ic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing honey.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin mel, mellis (“honey”) + -ficare (“to make”) (in comp.). See -fy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more mellific (comparative) most mellific (superlative)

Synonyms

melliferous

Questions

What does mellific mean?
Producing honey.
Where does mellific come from?
From Latin mel, mellis (“honey”) + -ficare (“to make”) (in comp.). See -fy.

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