Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hordeiform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: horde-iform
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling the shape of barley grains.

Example Sentences

"These hordeiform appendices are sometimes, it is true, of considerable length; but in what manner are they susceptible of luxation?"

Etymology

From Latin hordeum (“barley”) + -iform.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: hordeum

Inflected Forms

more hordeiform (comparative) most hordeiform (superlative)

Questions

What does hordeiform mean?: Resembling the shape of barley grains.
Where does hordeiform come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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