Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pelecoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pele-coid
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hatchet-shaped.

Example Sentences

"He whom nature has supplied with a pelecoid nose is as cold, keen and sharp as the hatchet after which it was modeled. He is generally a dyspeptic, and hates people."
"Two more rows like the ones already constructed, except as to color, complete the pattern, which, when finished, forms a pleasing array of orderly pelecoid figures."
"The leading feature of the "Valencian" pattern consists of the large central figure having radiating lines representing extending and withdrawing rays; there are also pelecoid figures, and double-pointed figures between the pelecoids."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέλεκῠς (pélekŭs, “axe, hatchet”) + -oid.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πέλεκῠς

Inflected Forms

more pelecoid (comparative) most pelecoid (superlative)

Questions

What does pelecoid mean?: Hatchet-shaped.
Where does pelecoid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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