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dupion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
du-pi-on
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The silk from a double cocoon.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French doupion, Italian doppione, from doppio (“double”), Latin duplus. See double, and compare doubloon.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

dupions (plural)

Synonyms

doupion

Questions

What does dupion mean?
A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.
Where does dupion come from?
It is traced to French.

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