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poikilothymia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poik-ilo-thymia
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mood disorder, a more intense form of cyclothymia.

Uncountable

Etymology

From ποικίλος (poikílos, “changeful”) + -thymia.

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What does poikilothymia mean?
A mood disorder, a more intense form of cyclothymia.
Where does poikilothymia come from?
From ποικίλος (poikílos, “changeful”) + -thymia.

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