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mattify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mat-ti-fy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to produce a matt effect or reduce the shiny appearance of the skin

Etymology

Etymology tree English matt Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English mattify From matt + -ify.

Inflected Forms

mattifies (present, singular) mattifying (participle, present) mattified (participle, past) mattified (past)

Derived Forms

mattifier

Questions

What does mattify mean?
to produce a matt effect or reduce the shiny appearance of the skin
Where does mattify come from?
Etymology tree English matt Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English mattify From matt + -ify.

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