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leviratical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
levi-rat-i-cal
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From levirate + -ical. From Latin levir (“a husband's brother, brother-in-law”), akin to Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr). Compare French lévirat (“leviration”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more leviratical (comparative) most leviratical (superlative) leviratic (alternative)

Questions

What does leviratical mean?
Of, relating to, or in accordance with levirate marriage.
Where does leviratical come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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