Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

animalcular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-i-mal-cu-lar
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.

Example Sentences

"In my lecture on Dust and Disease in 1870 , I referred to an experiment made by Helmholtz upon himself which strikingly connected hay fever with animalcular life."

Etymology

From animalcule + -ar.

Inflected Forms

more animalcular (comparative) most animalcular (superlative) animalculine (alternative)

Questions

What does animalcular mean?: Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
Where does animalcular come from?: From animalcule + -ar.

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