Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raphany

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: raphany
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock ( Raphanus raphanistrum ) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.

Questions

What does raphany mean?: A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock ( Raphanus raphanistrum ) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.

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