Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maculose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mac-u-lose
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Classical Latin maculōsus. By surface analysis, macul(a) + -ose.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more maculose (comparative) most maculose (superlative) maculous (alternative)

Questions

What does maculose mean?
Having spots on the surface; spotted
Where does maculose come from?
From Classical Latin maculōsus. By surface analysis, macul(a) + -ose.

How to pronounce maculose

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