Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vespiary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vespi-ary
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nest built by a social wasp species.

noun

A colony of wasps living in such a nest.

Etymology

From Latin vespa (“wasp”), formed in imitation of apiary (a similar structure for bees).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vespa

Inflected Forms

vespiaries (plural)

Questions

What does vespiary mean?: A nest built by a social wasp species.
Where does vespiary come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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