Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fossulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-su-late
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.

Etymology

From Latin fossula + -ate, from Latin fossa.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: fossula, fossa
Suffix: -ate

Questions

What does fossulate mean?: Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.
Where does fossulate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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