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prasinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prasi-nous
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a clear, light green color.

Etymology

From Latin prasinus, from Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prắsĭnos, “leek-green, light green”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: prasinus, πρᾰ́σῐνος

Inflected Forms

more prasinous (comparative) most prasinous (superlative)

Synonyms

leek-green porraceous prasine

Questions

What does prasinous mean?
Of a clear, light green color.
Where does prasinous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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