Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rimose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ri-mose
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.

Example Sentences

"the rimose head of a mushroom"
"a tree with rimose bark"

Etymology

From Latin rimosus, from rima (“fissure”).

Inflected Forms

more rimose (comparative) most rimose (superlative)

Derived Forms

birimose rimosely rimosity

Synonyms

rimate

Questions

What does rimose mean?: Having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices.
Where does rimose come from?: From Latin rimosus, from rima (“fissure”).

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