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microsthenic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-cros-thenic
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a typically small size (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals)

Archaic

Etymology

From microsthene + -ic.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more microsthenic (comparative) most microsthenic (superlative)

Questions

What does microsthenic mean?
Having a typically small size (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals)
Where does microsthenic come from?
From microsthene + -ic.

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