Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lixivial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lix-ivial
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or derived from lye or wood ashes.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] we obtain'd, more than once, out of 16 ounces of salt-petre, 10 ounces of fix'd nitre, very lixivial in tast and operation, and of a pleasant greenish blue colour, deeper than salt of tartar will usually be brought to, by being, in a crucible, kept twenty times as long in a strong fire."
"But such may rest satisfied that those dextrous and conscientious Artificers the Chymists, can furnish us with a Lixival Salt of any Plant we want, made from the Cineres Clavellati or Pot-Ashes."

Etymology

From Latin lixivius, lixīvus, from lixa (“ashes, lye ashes, lye”). Compare French lixiviel.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lixivius

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more lixivial (comparative) most lixivial (superlative) lixival (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

lixivium

Questions

What does lixivial mean?: Of or derived from lye or wood ashes.
Where does lixivial come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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