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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blicant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bli-cant
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

shining; bright

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English blycande, blykkande, blikande, variants of blikiende, blikinde (“shining”), equivalent to blike + -and.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more blicant (comparative) most blicant (superlative)

Questions

What does blicant mean?
shining; bright
Where does blicant come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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