Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dilucular

/daɪˈluːkjəlɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dilu-cu-lar
IPA: /daɪˈluːkjəlɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to dawn.

Example Sentences

"It has been reserved for the last 20 years to recognize that in the XV century, or what may be called the late dilucular period of modern music, England held the undoubted hegemony of musical Europe ..."
"...and there is a tale of his grappling with a fierce mastiff which attacked him before daylight in the garden of a house where he was staying—for Barrow was another of the dilucular students."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīlūculum + -ar.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /daɪˈluːkjəlɚ/

Inflected Forms

more dilucular (comparative) most dilucular (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

dilucidate elucidate dawnlike

Synonyms

auroral aurorean eoan

Antonyms

crepuscular

Questions

How do you pronounce dilucular?: The recorded pronunciation is /daɪˈluːkjəlɚ/.
What does dilucular mean?: Of or pertaining to dawn.
Where does dilucular come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin dīlūculum + -ar.

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