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laestrygones

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
laestry-gones
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of Laestrygon

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Laestrȳgones, from Ancient Greek Λαιστρῡ́γονες (Laistrū́gones).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Λαιστρῡ́γονες

Questions

What does laestrygones mean?
plural of Laestrygon
Where does laestrygones come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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