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gryposis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gry-po-sis
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abnormal curvature or hooked appearance.

Etymology

From Late Latin grȳpōsis (“hooking”) (from grȳpus (“hook-nosed”)), from Ancient Greek γρυπῶσις (grupôsis, “hooking”), from γρύπεσθαι (grúpesthai, “become hooked”), from γρύπος (grúpos, “hook-nosed”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: grȳpōsis, γρυπῶσις

Inflected Forms

gryposes (plural)

Questions

What does gryposis mean?
Abnormal curvature or hooked appearance.
Where does gryposis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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