Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scandent

/ˈskæn.dənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scan-dent
IPA: /ˈskæn.dənt/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.

Example Sentences

"I found but a single specimen—a scandent shrub of Datura metel, at a house site in a small coastal village, planted, I was told, as a remedy for asthma."

Etymology

From the present participle stem of Latin scandere (“to climb”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: scandere

Derived Forms

scandently

Questions

How do you pronounce scandent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskæn.dənt/.
What does scandent mean?: Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations.
Where does scandent come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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