Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adulticide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: adul-ti-cide
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.

verb

To treat with adulticide.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléyeti Proto-Italic *oleō Latin *oleō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -sco Latin olēscō Latin adolēscō Latin adultuslbor. French adultebor. English adult English -icide English adulticide From adult + -icide.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

adulticides (plural) adulticides (present, singular) adulticiding (participle, present) adulticided (participle, past) adulticided (past)

Derived Forms

adulticidal

Questions

What does adulticide mean?: A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
Where does adulticide come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléyeti Proto-Italic *oleō Latin *oleō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -sco Latin olēscō Latin adolēscō Latin adultuslbor. French adultebor. English adult English -icide English adulticide From adult + -icide.

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