Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

janiceps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jan-i-ceps
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

conjoined twins whose heads are fused together but look in opposite directions

Etymology

From Latin Iānus (“two-headed god”) + -ceps (“headed”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Iānus

Questions

What does janiceps mean?: conjoined twins whose heads are fused together but look in opposite directions
Where does janiceps come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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