Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exulceration

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ul-cer-a-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

fretting; festering; soreness

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1719, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, a Compleat English Dispensatory, publ. A Bell (2nd ed., very much Improv'd), page 437. […] and thus it is likewiſe of ſervice in choletic Conſtitutions, and where the Shapneſs of Humours threatens Excoriations and Exulcerations."
"Which exulceration of mind made him apt to take all occaſions of contradiction."

Etymology

Latin exulceratio: compare French exulcération.

Usage

Inflected Forms

exulcerations (plural)

Questions

What does exulceration mean?: ulceration
Where does exulceration come from?: Latin exulceratio: compare French exulcération.

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