acroceraunian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Arethusa arose / From her couch of snows / In the Acroceraunian mountains,——"
- "What grand irregular thunder, thought I, standing on my hearthstone among the Acroceraunian hills, as the scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the valleys, every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and swift slants of sharp rain, which audibly rang, like a charge of spear-points, on my low shingled roof."
Etymology
From Latin Acroceraunius, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “high, heights”) + κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Acroceraunius, ἄκρος