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frondose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fron-dose
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Leafy.

adj

Possessing a frond, not discoid.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin frons Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin frondōsusbor. English frondose Borrowed from Latin frondōsus.

Inflected Forms

more frondose (comparative) most frondose (superlative)

Derived Forms

frondosely

Questions

What does frondose mean?
Leafy.
Where does frondose come from?
Etymology tree Latin frons Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin frondōsusbor. English frondose Borrowed from Latin frondōsus.

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