Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impaludism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-palud-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The other diatheses, when well marked, have evident lesions, whereas impaludism simulates all maladies, and even in the organism which it has affected as profoundly as possible, it still remains an obscure diathesis."

Etymology

Latin palus (“marsh”) + -ism

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ism

Usage

Questions

What does impaludism mean?: A diseased state affecting the inhabitants of paludal, marshy areas.
Where does impaludism come from?: Latin palus (“marsh”) + -ism

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