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paroemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paroemia
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proverb.

Etymology

From Latin paroemia (“proverb”), from Ancient Greek παροιμία (paroimía, “proverb”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: paroemia, παροιμία

Inflected Forms

paroemias (plural) paremia (alternative) parœmia (alternative)

Derived Forms

paroemiography paroemiology

Frequently Paired Words

paroemiac

Questions

What does paroemia mean?
A proverb.
Where does paroemia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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