Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

favaginous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fav-agi-nous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Obscure formation from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). Compare deluginous (where the -in- is also unexpected); most -ginous terms derive from Latin words ending in g being suffixed with -īnus (“-inous”).

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Inflected Forms

more favaginous (comparative) most favaginous (superlative)

Questions

What does favaginous mean?
Resembling a honeycomb; cellular.
Where does favaginous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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