Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vermicide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ver-mi-cide
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any substance used to kill worms, especially parasitic intestinal worms

Etymology

From Latin vermis (“worm”) + -cide.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vermis

Inflected Forms

vermicides (plural)

Derived Forms

vermicidal

Questions

What does vermicide mean?: Any substance used to kill worms, especially parasitic intestinal worms
Where does vermicide come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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