Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hircismus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hir-cis-mus
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Offensive goatlike smell of armpits.

Uncountable

Etymology

By surface analysis, hirc- + -ismus.

Usage

Questions

What does hircismus mean?
Offensive goatlike smell of armpits.
Where does hircismus come from?
By surface analysis, hirc- + -ismus.

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