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hiera picra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hi-er-a p-i-cra
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warming cathartic medicine made from aloes and canella.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From New Latin hiera picra, from Ancient Greek ἱερᾱ́ πίκρᾱ (hierā́ píkrā, literally “sacred bitterness”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hiera picra, ἱερᾱ́ πίκρᾱ

Usage

Inflected Forms

hickery-pickery (alternative) hickory-pickery (alternative) higry-pigry (alternative)

Questions

What does hiera picra mean?
A warming cathartic medicine made from aloes and canella.
Where does hiera picra come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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