Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

morphodyke

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mor-phodyke
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Morphodite, hermaphrodite.

Derogatory; Slang

Etymology

Most likely a blend of morphodite + dyke, although it has also been suggested that the derivation goes in the other direction instead with dyke being a shortening of morphodyke.

Usage

Inflected Forms

morphodykes (plural) morphadyke (alternative) morphodike (alternative) morphadike (alternative)

Questions

What does morphodyke mean?: Morphodite, hermaphrodite.
Where does morphodyke come from?: Most likely a blend of morphodite + dyke, although it has also been suggested that the derivation goes in the other direction instead with dyke being a shortening of morphodyke.

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