Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

procumbent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
procum-bent
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

prone or prostrate

adj

That trails along the ground

adj

inclined towards the lips

Etymology

From Latin pro (“forward”) + cumbĕre (“to lie down”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more procumbent (comparative) most procumbent (superlative)

Derived Forms

subprocumbent

Phrases

procumbent pigweed

Questions

What does procumbent mean?
prone or prostrate
Where does procumbent come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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