Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caput mortuum

/ˈkæpət ˈmɔː(ɹ)tjʊəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-put -mor-tu-um
IPA: /ˈkæpət ˈmɔː(ɹ)tjʊəm/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation.

Uncountable

noun

Cardinal purple, a variety of haematite iron oxide pigment.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Were they working their way through the colours and now had reached the more abstruse layers of the spectrum? What would be next — caput mortuum, heliotrope? The colours of the day."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin caput mortuum (literally “dead head”).

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

How do you pronounce caput mortuum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæpət ˈmɔː(ɹ)tjʊəm/.
What does caput mortuum mean?: Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation.
Where does caput mortuum come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Latin caput mortuum (literally “dead head”).

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