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stillicidium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stil-li-cid-i-um
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A morbid trickling.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

An urban servitude in Ancient Rome, where a proprietor was not allowed to build to the extremity of his estate, but must leave a space regulated by the charter by which the property was held, so as not to throw the eavesdrop on the land of his neighbour.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin stillicidium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: stillicidium

Usage

Synonyms

stillicide

Questions

What does stillicidium mean?
A morbid trickling.
Where does stillicidium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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