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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbuncular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-bun-cu-lar
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling a carbuncle.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carbunculāris. By surface analysis, carbuncle + -ar.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: carbunculāris

Inflected Forms

more carbuncular (comparative) most carbuncular (superlative)

Derived Forms

carbuncularly

Synonyms

carbuncled

Questions

What does carbuncular mean?
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a carbuncle.
Where does carbuncular come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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