Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteroptics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-erop-tics
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

hallucination; the vision of something that is not real.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But this irregularity in vision , together with such enormities , as tipping the wink , the circumspective roll , the sidepeep through a thin hood or fan , must be put in the class of Heteroptics."

Etymology

From hetero- + optics.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hetero

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does heteroptics mean?: hallucination; the vision of something that is not real.
Where does heteroptics come from?: From hetero- + optics.

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