Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

halitus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hal-i-tus
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"She had not realised how butcherly the severed vessels would look, and she had not reckoned with the horrid halitus of blood, which steamed to her nostrils under the blazing sun."

Etymology

From Latin halitus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: halitus

Inflected Forms

halituses (plural)

Synonyms

exhalation

Questions

What does halitus mean?: A vapour.
Where does halitus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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