Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penicil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peni-cil
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.

Dated

noun

A brush made from hair.

Etymology

From Latin penicillum, penicillus (“a painter's brush, a roll of lint, a tent for wounds”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: penicillum

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

penicils (plural)

Questions

What does penicil mean?: A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
Where does penicil come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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