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diuturnal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-u-tur-nal
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

durable, long-lasting

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diūturnus, + -al.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more diuturnal (comparative) most diuturnal (superlative)

Synonyms

durative prolonged

Questions

What does diuturnal mean?
durable, long-lasting
Where does diuturnal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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