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acronycal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
acrony-cal
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκρονυξ (ákronux, “nightfall”) + -al, one of the three poetic times for the rising and setting of stars, along with cosmical and heliacal.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

achronycal (alternative) acronic (alternative) acronychal (alternative) acronical (alternative) acronichal (alternative)

Derived Forms

acronycally

Antonyms

cosmical

Questions

What does acronycal mean?
Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.
Where does acronycal come from?
From Ancient Greek ἄκρονυξ (ákronux, “nightfall”) + -al, one of the three poetic times for the rising and setting of stars, along with cosmical and heliacal.

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