Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ignigenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ig-nige-nous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

igneous

Archaic

Etymology

From Latin ignigenus, from ignis (“fire”) + genere, ginere (“to beget, produce”). By surface analysis, igni- + -genous.

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Questions

What does ignigenous mean?
igneous
Where does ignigenous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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