chloris
/ˈklɔːɹɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A nymph and the goddess of flowers and spring. She is a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of Zephyrus, and mother of Karpos. Her Roman counterpart is Flora.
name
One of the Niobids.
name
The wife of Neleus.
name
The mother of Mopsus.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χλωρίς (Khlōrís, literally “Greenfinch”), from χλωρός (khlōrós, “greenish-yellow, pale green”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Χλωρίς