Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interstellary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-stel-lary
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic form of interstellar.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"In 1870 W. Mattieu Williams published his very ingenious work entitled The Fuel of the Sun, in which, apparently without any knowledge of what had been written before with regard to an interstellary medium, he attempts to find therein the source of solar heat […]"

Etymology

From inter- + stellary.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: inter

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does interstellary mean?: Archaic form of interstellar.
Where does interstellary come from?: From inter- + stellary.

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