Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acicular

/əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: aci-c-u-lar
IPA: /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.

adj

Having sharp points like needles.

adj

Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: needlelike, pinlike"
"1992, Oliver Sacks, Migraine, Berkeley: University of California Press, revised and expanded edition, Part 5, Chapter 17, p. 279, Sometimes these networks have an acicular or crystalline appearance, and may grow visibly, sometimes with sudden jerks, “like frost on a windowpane,” or “primitive plants.”"
"the acicular foliage of coniferous trees"
"[…] though fond of foliage, their trees always had a tendency to congeal into little acicular thorn-hedges, and never tossed free."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aciculāris.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/

Derived Forms

acicularity acicularly nonacicular subacicular

Frequently Paired Words

acicle acicula

Synonyms

needlelike pinlike acerate acerose needle-shaped

Rhymes With

particular perpendicular curricular vehicular extracurricular testicular ventricular follicular articular lenticular funicular reticular

Questions

How do you pronounce acicular?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/.
What does acicular mean?: Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
Where does acicular come from?: Borrowed from Latin aciculāris.

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