Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fourling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fourl-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.

Obsolete

noun

A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.

Example Sentences

"Every 67th lying-in woman has twins, every 5333rd has trillings, and only every 150,000th has fourlings."
"this breed is prominent for its remarkable fecundity and yield of milk; as a rule, this goat litters once a year and drops 2 kids; occasionally trillings and fourlings."
"If the two or the four first cells into which the animal ovum divides during the process of so-called cleavage be separated from one another, then each of these cells grows into a small but complete organism. Conversely, if two ova be caused to amalgamate with parallel axes, the result is a "giant". What is the meaning of this? It is, that the material which, if left undisturbed, would have grown into one, can grow into many-into twins or into fourlings. And similarly the material destined for many may furnish one only."

Etymology

From four + -ling.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: four

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

fourlings (plural)

Questions

What does fourling mean?: One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
Where does fourling come from?: From four + -ling.

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