sclerotic
/skləˈɹɑtɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to sclerotium.
Example Sentences
- "The outer wood exposed to the air may become carbonaceous due to the interaction of sclerotic mycelium and the wood."
- "sclerotic bureaucracy"
- "Most state parties--Democrat or Republican--are sclerotic and dutiful, and little help to local candidates."
- "His funeral ends the era of first generation leaders in post-colonial Asia, in fact in the world, with the exception of a few sclerotic kleptocrats mostly in Africa."
- "In front, this membrane is continuous with the cornea by direct continuity of tissue; but the opaque sclerotic overlaps it rather more on the outer than upon its inner surface."
- "An icteric discoloration of the sclerotic — a quite common symptom in xanthopia from arsenical poisoning — is very seldom observed."
Etymology
Etymology tree English scler(a) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós)der. Latin -ōticusder. French -otiquebor. English -otic English sclerotic From scler(a) + -otic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /skləˈɹɑtɪk/
- British English: /skləˈɹɒtɪk/