Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inviscate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-vis-cate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To daub, catch, or entangle with glue or birdlime or other viscous matter.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] withall its food being flies and such as suddenly escape, it hath in the tongue a mucous and slymy extremity, whereby upon a sudden emission it inviscates and tangleth those insects."

Etymology

From Latin inviscatus, past participle of inviscare (“to birdlime”), from in- (“in”) + viscum, viscus (“mistletoe, birdlime”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: inviscatus

Usage

Inflected Forms

inviscates (present, singular) inviscating (participle, present) inviscated (participle, past) inviscated (past)

Questions

What does inviscate mean?: To daub, catch, or entangle with glue or birdlime or other viscous matter.
Where does inviscate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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