Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glossocomon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glos-so-comon
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of winch used to hoist patients.

Etymology

Apparently from Ancient Greek γλωσσόκομον (glōssókomon, “a case for flute mouthpieces”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: γλωσσόκομον

Inflected Forms

glossocoma (plural)

Questions

What does glossocomon mean?: A kind of winch used to hoist patients.
Where does glossocomon come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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