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murrhine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mur-rhine
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made of murra; applied to certain valuable vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups.

noun

murra

noun

Alternative form of murrine.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin murrhinus, from murrha. Compare French murrhin.

Inflected Forms

murrhines (plural)

Questions

What does murrhine mean?
Made of murra; applied to certain valuable vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups.
Where does murrhine come from?
From Latin murrhinus, from murrha. Compare French murrhin.

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