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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

villous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
vil-lous
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hairy, covered with soft long hair.

adj

Covered with villi.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin villus (“shaggy hair”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more villous (comparative) most villous (superlative) villose (alternative)

Derived Forms

extravillous intervillous intravillous microvillous perivillous tubulovillous villously

Phrases

villous lipfern

Frequently Paired Words

villosity villus microvillus

Questions

What does villous mean?
Hairy, covered with soft long hair.
Where does villous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce villous

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