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mutchkin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mutchkin
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres)

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mudseken (“mutchkin”), from mutse (“mutch”), from Classical Latin modius (“peck; Roman dry measure”), from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mutchkins (plural)

Questions

What does mutchkin mean?
A unit of fluid capacity approximately equal to three-quarters of an imperial pint (0.43 litres)
Where does mutchkin come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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