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gryllos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gryl-los
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A caricatural creature found in ancient and medieval art, typically featuring a human head with mostly bizarre, animal anatomy.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “comic figure, caricature”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: γρύλλος

Inflected Forms

grylloi (plural) gryllus (alternative)

Questions

What does gryllos mean?
A caricatural creature found in ancient and medieval art, typically featuring a human head with mostly bizarre, animal anatomy.
Where does gryllos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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