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porphyrous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
por-phy-rous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or crafted from porphyry.

adj

Of purple hue, like that of porphyry.

Etymology

From porphyry + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more porphyrous (comparative) most porphyrous (superlative)

Questions

What does porphyrous mean?
Of or crafted from porphyry.
Where does porphyrous come from?
From porphyry + -ous.

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