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memphite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
mem-phite
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from or pertaining to Memphis, Egypt.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Memphis, Egypt.

Etymology

From Middle English Memphyte, from Classical Latin Memphītis. By surface analysis, Memphis + -ite.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Memphyte, Memphītis, Memphītēs, Μεμφῑ́της

Inflected Forms

more Memphite (comparative) most Memphite (superlative) Memphites (plural)

Synonyms

Memphian Memphitic

Questions

What does memphite mean?
Of, from or pertaining to Memphis, Egypt.
Where does memphite come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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