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pygmoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pyg-moid
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.

noun

A person so resembling a pygmy, such as the Negritos of Asia and peoples of the Congo Basin with mixed Pygmy–Bantu ancestry.

Etymology

From pygmy + -oid.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pygmoid (comparative) most pygmoid (superlative) pygmoids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Negrito

Questions

What does pygmoid mean?
Resembling a pygmy; generally, shorter than other peoples but not short enough to be considered pygmies.
Where does pygmoid come from?
From pygmy + -oid.

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