Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperoral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-oral
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having excessive compulsions to place things in the mouth.

Etymology

From hyper- + oral.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hyperoral (comparative) most hyperoral (superlative)

Rhymes With

oral post-oral pre-oral coral floral pastoral mayoral choral vicar-choral aural amoral binaural

Questions

What does hyperoral mean?
Having excessive compulsions to place things in the mouth.
Where does hyperoral come from?
From hyper- + oral.

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