Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paludinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paludi-nous
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Paludinal: characteristic of or relating to marsh, swamp or fen.

adj

Relating to the genus Paludina.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The ground, where there happened to be any, was covered with spongy moss, and mucous lichens. We wasted days in going round deep swamps, while all kinds of paludinous creatures glided about and frightened our horses. Our water - proof overcoats were worn full of holes and we were drenched to the skin."
"... species of coccinellids are known to be firmly restricted to a certain, more or less strictly defined habitat. Among the common species, for example, the hygrophilous Anisostica novemdecimpunctata is bound to vegetation of paludinous habitats (as marshes, fens and moist meadows), […]"

Etymology

From Medieval Latin palūdīnōsus (“marshy, swampy”), ultimately from palūs. Sense 2 from translingual Paludina + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Root: palūdīnōsus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more paludinous (comparative) most paludinous (superlative)

Questions

What does paludinous mean?: Paludinal: characteristic of or relating to marsh, swamp or fen.
Where does paludinous come from?: From Medieval Latin palūdīnōsus (“marshy, swampy”), ultimately from palūs. Sense 2 from translingual Paludina + -ous.

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