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occiduous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-cid-u-ous
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Western; occidental.

Etymology

From Latin occiduus, from. occido (“to go down”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more occiduous (comparative) most occiduous (superlative)

Questions

What does occiduous mean?
Western; occidental.
Where does occiduous come from?
From Latin occiduus, from. occido (“to go down”).

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