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periphractic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pe-riphrac-tic
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Enclosed; surrounded by some barrier.

adj

Marginalizing; making a group peripheral and thereby denying them access to something.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek περιφρακτικός (periphraktikós), from φράσσω (phrássō).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: περιφρακτικός

Questions

What does periphractic mean?
Enclosed; surrounded by some barrier.
Where does periphractic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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