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aspidate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-p-i-date
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shield-shaped; having the form of a flat plate.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ασπίδα (aspída, “shield”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ασπίδα

Inflected Forms

more aspidate (comparative) most aspidate (superlative)

Questions

What does aspidate mean?
Shield-shaped; having the form of a flat plate.
Where does aspidate come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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