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octonary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-tonary
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of eighth rank or order.

adj

Consisting of eight things

noun

A group of eight things

Etymology

From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Doublet of octonarius.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: octōnārius

Inflected Forms

octonaries (plural)

Synonyms

octet octal eight 8 viii eighter eighter from decatur octad ogdoad

Questions

What does octonary mean?
Of eighth rank or order.
Where does octonary come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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