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periptery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
periptery
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.

noun

A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From peri- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

peripteries (plural)

Questions

What does periptery mean?
The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
Where does periptery come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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