Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centipedal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tipedal
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or resembling a centipede.

adj

Having 100 or another large number of legs or appendages.

Etymology

From centipede + -al. By surface analysis, centi- + -pedal.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: centipede

Inflected Forms

more centipedal (comparative) most centipedal (superlative)

Questions

What does centipedal mean?: Of or resembling a centipede.
Where does centipedal come from?: From centipede + -al. By surface analysis, centi- + -pedal.

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