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hypogean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-pogean
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Existing or growing underground.

Etymology

From Latin hypogaeus, hypogēus (from Ancient Greek ὑπόγειος (hupógeios)) + -an.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: hypogaeus,hypogēus, ὑπόγειος
  • Suffix: -an

Frequently Paired Words

chthonic epigean

Synonyms

hypogeal hypogeous subterraneous subterrene underground subterranean

Questions

What does hypogean mean?
Existing or growing underground.
Where does hypogean come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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