aegilops
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.27 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If the ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula, which eats into the bone."
- "1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America, If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye."
- "The ægilops is an apostematous swelling between the great canthus and the nose ; and it is an affection difficult to cure, owing to the thinness of the bodies, and the fear of injuring the eye by sympathy."
Etymology
From Latin aegilōps, from Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass (Aegilops neglecta)”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂eyǵ-, aegilōps, αἰγίλωψ