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perique

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
perique
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in color. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Louisiana French.

Usage

Inflected Forms

periques (plural)

Questions

What does perique mean?
A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in color. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.
Where does perique come from?
From Louisiana French.

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