Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bicephalous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bi-cephalous
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having two heads.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English -cephalous English bicephalous From bi- + -cephalous.

Frequently Paired Words

bicephalism monocephalous tricephalous quadricephalous tetracephalous pentacephalous

Synonyms

dicephalous bicephalic

Questions

What does bicephalous mean?: Having two heads.
Where does bicephalous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English -cephalous English bicephalous From bi- + -cephalous.

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