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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viricidal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
vi-ri-ci-dal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a viricide (killing of a husband)

adj

Alternative form of virucidal.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin vir English -i- Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English -cidal English viricidal From Latin vir + English -i- + -cidal.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more viricidal (comparative) most viricidal (superlative)

Synonyms

virucidal

Questions

What does viricidal mean?
Of or pertaining to a viricide (killing of a husband)
Where does viricidal come from?
Etymology tree Latin vir English -i- Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English -cidal English viricidal From Latin vir + English -i- + -cidal.

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