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paraphernal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-pher-nal
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a woman's parapherna

adj

miscellaneous

Etymology

From Medieval Latin paraphernālis, from Late Latin parapherna + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). By surface analysis, paraphern(a) + -al.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

paraphernality

Synonyms

paraphernalian

Questions

What does paraphernal mean?
Of or pertaining to a woman's parapherna
Where does paraphernal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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