Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schistaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schis-ta-ceous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the color of slate; slaty

adj

Containing schist or exhibiting schistosity; schistose.

Example Sentences

"Eyes golden-green. Mouth black. Thorax schistaceous beneath."
"In No. 736 the throat is almost uniform schistaceous, except a few blackish dots here and there."
"Wills does not just climb cliffs or scramble over boulders; he negotiates "schistaceous gneiss.""
"Habitat: Climbing over dwarf bushes or oak trees, on hill slopes, in forests, near streams, on schistaceous, sandy and rocky soils, 1300–3300m."
"Sharp contact between the 4 kyr BP eroded surface soils and the subsequent schistaceous mudflow ."

Etymology

From schist + -aceous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: schist

Inflected Forms

more schistaceous (comparative) most schistaceous (superlative)

Questions

What does schistaceous mean?: Having the color of slate; slaty
Where does schistaceous come from?: From schist + -aceous.

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