sarcophilous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mr. A. E. Ellis is of the opinion that it is sarcophilous, being so abundant amongst bones in old graves; Gray (1840, 192) refers to its presence in Saxon coffins."
- "Indian Romeos […] have yielded to the temptation to pat, feel, pinch and brush against the more irresistible and accessible portions of women who come within discreet cop-a-feel distance. However sarcophilous the Indian gentlemen are, the ladies are taking umbrage to such familiarity and have accomplished two things. One is a well-motivated desire to study self-defense and various forms of martial arts."
Etymology
From sarco- + -philous.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more sarcophilous (comparative)
most sarcophilous (superlative)