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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pollical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pol-li-cal
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of the thumb

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pollicis, genitive form of pollex (“thumb”), with the suffix -al.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pollical (comparative) most pollical (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

pollex pollicate

Questions

What does pollical mean?
of the thumb
Where does pollical come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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