Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manurial

/məˈnʌɹ.i.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-nuri-al
IPA: /məˈnʌɹ.i.əl/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to manure.

Example Sentences

"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXVI, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I understood from Anscra that all the filth and refuse of the settlement—except a certain portion kept for manurial purposes, and sent to the plantation—was thrown into this torrent nightly and swept perhaps hundreds of miles away."
"Birds' dung has been held in high regard since time immemorial as a fertiliser, and the fact that this wonderful new manure was composed of birds' dung, and had a strong manurial smell, undoubtedly helped it to come rapidly into favour among farmers."

Etymology

From manure + -ial.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: manure

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /məˈnʌɹ.i.əl/
British English: /məˈnjʊəɹ.ɪ.əl/

Inflected Forms

more manurial (comparative) most manurial (superlative)

Derived Forms

manurially

Questions

How do you pronounce manurial?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈnʌɹ.i.əl/.
What does manurial mean?: Of or pertaining to manure.
Where does manurial come from?: From manure + -ial.

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