Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

processionary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: pro-ces-sion-ary
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or used in a procession

noun

Any of several moths or caterpillars of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae

Etymology

Etymology tree English procession Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English processionary From procession + -ary.

Inflected Forms

more processionary (comparative) most processionary (superlative) processionaries (plural)

Phrases

oak processionary oak processionary moth pine processionary processionary caterpillar processionary moth

Questions

What does processionary mean?: Of, pertaining to, or used in a procession
Where does processionary come from?: Etymology tree English procession Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English processionary From procession + -ary.

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