Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fucus

/ˈfjuː.kəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: fu-cus
IPA: /ˈfjuː.kəs/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any alga of the genus Fucus.

noun

A skin cosmetic, a wash or colouring for the skin.

Obsolete

noun

A veil, pretense, mask; an artifice, deception.

Obsolete

noun

Any dye or colouring.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Sea-weeds, consisting of different species of fuci, algæ, and confervæ, are much used as a manure on the sea-coasts of Britain and Ireland."
"One of the feeblest of these inlets, after winding for some time among buried fragments of masonry, and knots of sunburnt weeds whitened with webs of fucus, stays itself in an utterly stagnant pool beside a plot of greener grass covered with ground ivy and violets."
"And to morrowe morning, ¶ I’le ſend you a perfume, firſt to reſolue ¶ And procure ſweat, and then prepare a Bath ¶ To clenſe, and cleare the Cutis; againſt when, ¶ I’le haue an excellent new Fucus made, ¶ Reſiſtiue 'gainſt the ſunne, the raine, or wind, ¶ Which you ſhall lay on with a breath, or oyle, ¶ As you beſt like, and laſt ſome fourteen howres,[…]"

Etymology

From New Latin Fūcus, from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos).

Word Breakdown

Root: Fūcus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

fuci (plural) fucuses (plural) fukes (alternative)

Derived Forms

fucusol

Questions

How do you pronounce fucus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfjuː.kəs/.
What does fucus mean?: Any alga of the genus Fucus.
Where does fucus come from?: From New Latin Fūcus, from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos).

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