Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papyrine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-pyrine
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.

Obsolete

adj

Synonym of papyraceous, of, similar to, or related to papyrus.

Obsolete

noun

A kind of parchment made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin papȳrīnus, from papȳrus + -īnus (suffix forming relational adjectives), equivalent to papyrus + -ine. Cf. Ancient Greek πᾰπῡ́ρῐνος (păpū́rĭnos).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: papȳrīnus, papyrine, papȳrus, -ine
Suffix: papyrus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more papyrine (comparative) most papyrine (superlative) papyrin (alternative)

Synonyms

papery of similar to or related to paper papyraceous or related to papyrus

Questions

What does papyrine mean?: Synonym of papery, of, similar to, or related to paper.
Where does papyrine come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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