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vermifugal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ver-mifu-gal
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

Etymology

From Latin vermis (“a worm”) + fugare (“to drive away”), from fugere (“to flee”). See worm, and fugitive.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more vermifugal (comparative) most vermifugal (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

vermicidal

Rhymes With

google frugal bugle dougal kugel googol oogle fugle

Questions

What does vermifugal mean?
Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
Where does vermifugal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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