Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cainite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cai-nite
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A descendant of Cain.

noun

An adherent of Cainism, a member of a Gnostic sect that honored Cain and Judas.

Etymology

From Cain + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Cain

Inflected Forms

Cainites (plural)

Derived Forms

Cainitic

Synonyms

Cainian

Questions

What does cainite mean?: A descendant of Cain.
Where does cainite come from?: From Cain + -ite.

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