Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ophryon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ophry-on
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “brow”) + -(i)on.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὀφρύς

Inflected Forms

ophryons (plural)

Questions

What does ophryon mean?: The point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella.
Where does ophryon come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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