Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

miliary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: mil-iary
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to millet seeds.

adj

Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.

adj

Small and numerous.

noun

One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.

Example Sentences

"a miliary eruption"
"a miliary fever"
"the miliary tubercles of Echini"

Etymology

From Latin miliārius, from milium.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: miliārius

Inflected Forms

more miliary (comparative) most miliary (superlative) miliaries (plural)

Derived Forms

submiliary

Phrases

miliary abscess miliary bronchiolithiasis miliary dermatitis miliary gland miliary tuberculosis

Rhymes With

auxiliary biliary ciliary domiciliary mucociliary superciliary atrabiliary supraciliary nasociliary iridociliary nobiliary retinociliary

Questions

What does miliary mean?: Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
Where does miliary come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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