Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fascinum

/ˈfæsɪnəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fascinum
IPA: /ˈfæsɪnəm/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.

Example Sentences

"Here are some brides of ten compelled to seat themselves on the fascinum, the virile ivory in the temples of classical scholarship."
"Today people use a four-leaf clover, the pompom from a European sailor’s hat, the fascinum (winged phallus, some of which were found in the ruins of Pompeii and seemed to have done little good there), and so on."

Etymology

From the Latin fascinum.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

fascina (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce fascinum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfæsɪnəm/.
What does fascinum mean?: An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.
Where does fascinum come from?: From the Latin fascinum.

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