Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vermination

/vɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-mina-tion
IPA: /vɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The generation or breeding of vermin.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

A griping pain of the bowels.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As Seigneur Redi was one of the first that made it his business to discard anomalous generation, so he tried more experiments relating to the vermination of ſerpents"

Etymology

Latin verminatio the worms, a disease of animals, a crawling, itching pain.

Usage

Inflected Forms

verminations (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce vermination?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən/.
What does vermination mean?: The generation or breeding of vermin.
Where does vermination come from?: Latin verminatio the worms, a disease of animals, a crawling, itching pain.

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