irroration
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Markings reminiscent of spots or dew drops.
Example Sentences
- "Generally, to the irroration of the body much use of sweet things is profitable, as of sugar, honey, sweet almonds, pineapples, pistachios, dates, raisins of the sun, corans, figs, and the like."
- "Underside: ground-colour similar, both fore and hind wings with extensive irroration of black scale which varies considerably in amount: in some specimens it is very dense and gives a glackish tint to the ground-colour, especially on the hind wing."
- "Black, markings formed by pale blue glossy irroration; markings white on costal edge."
- "[…] costa with whitish strigulæ separated by dark fuscous or blackish irroration […]"
Etymology
From irrorate.