Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suscept

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sus-cept
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species which is capable of being infected or parasitized by another species.

verb

Subjected (to something, usually unwillingly).

Example Sentences

"As is self-evident given its name, humanity is a suscept for HIV."
"On the othen hand, handling the mugs after they come out of the oven may suscept you to a greater liklihood of being burned vs. a mug press."
"Trying to move boxes that are too heavy will suscept you to injury and potentially damage your belongings."
"There’s a photo (we won’t suscept you to it) of Starr wearing a Roll-Tide t-shirt."

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from susceptible.

Word Breakdown

Root: *keh₂p-

Inflected Forms

suscepts (plural) suscepts (present, singular) suscepting (participle, present) suscepted (participle, past) suscepted (past)

Rhymes With

except kept accept sept stepped slept swept intercept adept wept crept inept

Questions

What does suscept mean?: A species which is capable of being infected or parasitized by another species.
Where does suscept come from?: Probably a back-formation from susceptible.

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