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pigmentary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
pig-men-tary
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to pigment.

adj

Of a colour, produced by pigments.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pigment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English pigmentary From pigment + -ary.

Derived Forms

apigmentary hyperpigmentary hypopigmentary nonpigmentary pigmentarily pseudopigmentary

Synonyms

pigmental

Questions

What does pigmentary mean?
Of or pertaining to pigment.
Where does pigmentary come from?
Etymology tree English pigment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English pigmentary From pigment + -ary.

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