Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cucoloris

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cu-col-oris
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.

Etymology

Unknown; a connection with American film director George Cukor has been suggested. Compare also dialectal German Kokolores (“nonsense, silly display”). Conceivably related to Latin cucullus (“a hood”).

Inflected Forms

cucolorises (plural) cokuloris (alternative) cookaloris (alternative) cucalorus (alternative) cuculoris (alternative)

Derived Forms

branchaloris

Synonyms

cookie cuke

Questions

What does cucoloris mean?: A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.
Where does cucoloris come from?: Unknown; a connection with American film director George Cukor has been suggested. Compare also dialectal German Kokolores (“nonsense, silly display”). Conceivably related to Latin cucullus (“a hood”).

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