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nulliparous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables
nul-li-parous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That has never given birth.

adj

That has never yet laid eggs.

Etymology

From Latin nūlliparus. By surface analysis, null + parous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nuliparous (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

nullipara nulliparity

Synonyms

nonparous nonparturient nonparturitive

Antonyms

parous

Questions

What does nulliparous mean?
That has never given birth.
Where does nulliparous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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