Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lichening

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lichen-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A covering of lichen.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The house was apparently very old; it had an almost prehistoric look about it, so rude and weatherbeaten was it, but the rudeness of the masonry and the lichening of the stones were no real indications of antiquity […]"

Etymology

From lichen + -ing.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does lichening mean?: A covering of lichen.
Where does lichening come from?: From lichen + -ing.

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