Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nitic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nitic
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a reasonable amount of clay, but that falls apart into flat-edged geometrical forms that have shiny faces

Etymology

According to the FAO, it comes from Latin nitidus (“shiny”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: nitidus

Questions

What does nitic mean?: Having a reasonable amount of clay, but that falls apart into flat-edged geometrical forms that have shiny faces
Where does nitic come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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