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scatophagous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scatophagous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement.

Etymology

From New Latin scatophagus, from Ancient Greek σκατοφάγος (skatophágos), from σκατο- (skato-, “shit”) and φάγος (phágos, “eating”), from φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “to eat”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, forming adjectives). Equivalent to scato- + -phagous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: scatophagus, σκατοφάγος

Inflected Forms

more scatophagous (comparative) most scatophagous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

scatophage scatophagian

Synonyms

coprophagous

Questions

What does scatophagous mean?
Synonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement.
Where does scatophagous come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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