Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epispasm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epis-pasm
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of foreskin restoration to reverse circumcision, historically practised among some Jews in Hellenistic and Roman societies.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπισπάω (epispáō, “draw the foreskin foreward”), from σπάω (spáō).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἐπισπάω

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does epispasm mean?: A form of foreskin restoration to reverse circumcision, historically practised among some Jews in Hellenistic and Roman societies.
Where does epispasm come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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