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crescentic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
cres-cen-tic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc.

adj

Crescent-shaped.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman cressauntbor. Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin crēscentem Old French creissantbor. Middle English cressaunt English crescent Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English crescentic From crescent (“(growing) half moon”) + -ic. More at crescent.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more crescentic (comparative) most crescentic (superlative)

Derived Forms

bicrescentic noncrescentic subcrescentic

Phrases

crescentic nephritis

Frequently Paired Words

crescendo

Synonyms

crescent

Questions

What does crescentic mean?
Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc.
Where does crescentic come from?
Etymology tree Anglo-Norman cressauntbor. Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin crēscentem Old French creissantbor. Middle English cressaunt English crescent Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English crescentic From crescent (“(growing) half moon”) + -ic. More at crescent.

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