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polychrest

/ˈpɒlɪkɹɛst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poly-chrest
IPA
/ˈpɒlɪkɹɛst/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύχρηστος (polúkhrēstos, “multipurpose, highly useful”), from πολύς (polús) + χρηστός (khrēstós, “useful”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: πολύχρηστος

Inflected Forms

polychrests (plural)

Phrases

polychrest salt

Frequently Paired Words

polychrestic

Questions

How do you pronounce polychrest?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɒlɪkɹɛst/.
What does polychrest mean?
A medicine that serves for many uses, or that cures many diseases.
Where does polychrest come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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