Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pennaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-na-ceous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

having the structure of a normal feather

Etymology

From Latin penna (“feather”) + -aceous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *peth₂-, penna
Suffix: aceous

Inflected Forms

more pennaceous (comparative) most pennaceous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

plumulaceous

Questions

What does pennaceous mean?: having the structure of a normal feather
Where does pennaceous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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