Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morphinism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-phin-ism
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Morphine addiction.

Uncountable

noun

Disease caused by excessive usage of morphine.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree French morphinebor. German Morphinbor. English morphine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English morphinism From morphine + -ism.

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Questions

What does morphinism mean?
Morphine addiction.
Where does morphinism come from?
Etymology tree French morphinebor. German Morphinbor. English morphine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English morphinism From morphine + -ism.

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