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orthognathous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-thog-nathous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Straight-jawed.

Etymology

From ortho- + -gnathous, after New Latin orthognathus.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more orthognathous (comparative) most orthognathous (superlative)

Synonyms

orthognathic

Questions

What does orthognathous mean?
Straight-jawed.
Where does orthognathous come from?
From ortho- + -gnathous, after New Latin orthognathus.

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