Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quinology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quinol-o-gy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.

Uncountable

Etymology

From quinine + -ology.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: quinine

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

quinological quinologist

Questions

What does quinology mean?: The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
Where does quinology come from?: From quinine + -ology.

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