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nyctinastic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nycti-nas-tic
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to nyctinasty, the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness.

Etymology

From nyctinasty + -ic. By surface analysis, nycti- + -nast + -ic.

Synonyms

nyctitropic

Rhymes With

fantastic plastic enthusiastic drastic sarcastic elastic stochastic monastic dynastic spastic bombastic thermoplastic

Questions

What does nyctinastic mean?
Relating to nyctinasty, the movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness.
Where does nyctinastic come from?
From nyctinasty + -ic. By surface analysis, nycti- + -nast + -ic.

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