Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mezereon

/məˈzɪəriən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mez-ere-on
IPA: /məˈzɪəriən/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We, Greville, are happy in these parks and forests: we were happy in my close winter-walk of box and laurustinus and mezereon. In our earlier days did we not emboss our bosoms with the crocusses, and shake them almost unto shedding with our transports!"

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mezereon, mezereum, from Arabic مَازَرْيُون (māzaryūn).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: mezereon, مَازَرْيُون

Usage

Inflected Forms

mezereons (plural) mezerion (alternative)

Synonyms

February daphne mezereum spurge olive daphne mezereum

Questions

How do you pronounce mezereon?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈzɪəriən/.
What does mezereon mean?: An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
Where does mezereon come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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