Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capillature

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: capil-la-ture
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The barbers afterwards rub Shea butter well over those billiard-ball bald heads, and presently the unseen forest springs up, and heavy crops of capillature result."

Etymology

Latin capillatura.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does capillature mean?: A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.
Where does capillature come from?: Latin capillatura.

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