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epicedium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epicedi-um
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An epicede: a dirge, lament, elegy.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīum. Doublet of epicede.

Inflected Forms

epicedia (plural)

Questions

What does epicedium mean?
An epicede: a dirge, lament, elegy.
Where does epicedium come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīum. Doublet of epicede.

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