Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hortensial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hort-en-sial
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Fit for a garden.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin hortensius, hortēnsis, from hortus (“garden”). Akin to English yard (“an enclosure”). By surface analysis, Latin hortēns(is) + -i- + -al.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more hortensial (comparative) most hortensial (superlative)

Questions

What does hortensial mean?
Fit for a garden.
Where does hortensial come from?
From Latin hortensius, hortēnsis, from hortus (“garden”). Akin to English yard (“an enclosure”). By surface analysis, Latin hortēns(is) + -i- + -al.

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