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linguiform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lin-guiform
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaped like a tongue.

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin linguifōrmis, from Classical Latin lingua (“tongue”) + -fōrmis (“shaped”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more linguiform (comparative) most linguiform (superlative) linguæform (alternative, obsolete) linguaform (alternative, uncommon)

Frequently Paired Words

linguaform

Questions

What does linguiform mean?
Shaped like a tongue.
Where does linguiform come from?
From Renaissance Latin linguifōrmis, from Classical Latin lingua (“tongue”) + -fōrmis (“shaped”).

How to pronounce linguiform

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