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pinguescence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pingues-cence
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the process of growing obese

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

obesity

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin pingu(is) (“fat”) + -escence, ultimately from Latin pinguēscō.

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Frequently Paired Words

pinguescent

Questions

What does pinguescence mean?
the process of growing obese
Where does pinguescence come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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