teratological
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to teratology.
adj
Of or relating to teratology.
Example Sentences
- "In Jack London's urban gothic, the city's teratological economy comes to light in grotesque animal allegories."
Etymology
Etymology tree English teratology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English teratological From teratology + -ical.