species
/ˈspiːʃiːz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "the male species"
- "a new species of war"
- "What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism."
- "He went on kissing her with unflagging industry, while she remained limply in his arms, in a species of satisfied trance."
- "This species of animal is unique to the area."
- "Louise felt raised above her species; a voice had spoken within her inmost soul, whose revealings were vouchsafed but to the chosen few; and what had been indifference, was now disdain."
Etymology
From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice.
Word Breakdown
- Root: *speḱ-