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oligophrenia

/ˌɒlɪɡoʊˈfɹiːnɪə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oligophre-nia
IPA
/ˌɒlɪɡoʊˈfɹiːnɪə/
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

subnormal mental development

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, “few”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind,soul”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

oligophrenias (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce oligophrenia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɒlɪɡoʊˈfɹiːnɪə/.
What does oligophrenia mean?
subnormal mental development
Where does oligophrenia come from?
From Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, “few”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind,soul”).

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