Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polycrotic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poly-crot-ic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “multiple, many”) + κρότος (krótos, “knocking, rattling”), modeled on dicrotic.

Inflected Forms

more polycrotic (comparative) most polycrotic (superlative)

Questions

What does polycrotic mean?
Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism
Where does polycrotic come from?
From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “multiple, many”) + κρότος (krótos, “knocking, rattling”), modeled on dicrotic.

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