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molossus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
molos-sus
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metrical foot of three long syllables.

noun

Obsolete form of molasses.

Obsolete

name

The son of Neoptolemus and Andromache, the eponymous founder of the Molossians.

Etymology

From Latin molossus, from Ancient Greek μολοσσός (molossós), properly "belonging to the Molossians", a people in the eastern part of Epirus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Μολοσσός

Usage

Inflected Forms

molossuses (plural) molossi (plural) molosse (alternative)

Questions

What does molossus mean?
A metrical foot of three long syllables.
Where does molossus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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