Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postmature

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
post-ma-ture
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Still not born after the usual period of gestation; exhibiting postmaturity.

Etymology

From post- + mature.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more postmature (comparative) most postmature (superlative)

Synonyms

postterm

Questions

What does postmature mean?
Still not born after the usual period of gestation; exhibiting postmaturity.
Where does postmature come from?
From post- + mature.

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