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lambdoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
lamb-doid
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like the Greek letter lambda

noun

The lambdoid suture.

Etymology

Borrowed from French lambdoïde, from the New Latin lambdoīdēs, from the Ancient Greek λαβδοειδής (labdoeidḗs).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: lambdoïde, lambdoīdēs, λαβδοειδής

Inflected Forms

lambdoids (plural)

Phrases

lambdoid suture

Questions

What does lambdoid mean?
Shaped like the Greek letter lambda
Where does lambdoid come from?
It is traced to French.

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