Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quantulum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quan-tu-lum
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small amount.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] that a brave, vigorous, and consistent forwardness, guarded by just such a quantulum of tact as may save it from being signally offensive, will always ensure a certain degree of advancement; […]"
"[…] with a little French and a little Spanish, a quantulum of wayside knowledge gleaned from lecture-rooms, and a smattering of half a dozen branches of science, that might as well have been studied at a country academy."

Etymology

From Latin quantulum.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: quantulum

Usage

Obsolete

Frequently Paired Words

quantum

Questions

What does quantulum mean?: A very small amount.
Where does quantulum come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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