Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pityroid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pity-roid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the form of, or resembling, bran.

Example Sentences

"The ointment may also be applied drugs about whose ultimate destiny in the in pityroid and seborrhoic alopecia"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίτυρον (píturon, “bran”) + -oid.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πίτυρον

Inflected Forms

more pityroid (comparative) most pityroid (superlative)

Questions

What does pityroid mean?: Having the form of, or resembling, bran.
Where does pityroid come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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