pseudomorph
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A deceptive, irregular, or false form; specifically
noun
A deceptive, irregular, or false form; specifically:
verb
To be transformed into such a form
Example Sentences
- "Petrified wood is a silicic pseudomorph of the original wood."
- "The first kind of pseudomorphs, are pseudomorphs by alteration; the second, pseudomorphs by replacement; the third, pseudomorphs by infiltration; the fourth, pseudomorphs by incrustation."