Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

graphospasm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
graphospasm
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Writer's cramp, muscular spasms in the thumb and forefinger that occur when writing.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) English grapho- English spasm English graphospasm From grapho- + spasm.

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What does graphospasm mean?
Writer's cramp, muscular spasms in the thumb and forefinger that occur when writing.
Where does graphospasm come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) English grapho- English spasm English graphospasm From grapho- + spasm.

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