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scorbutic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scor-bu-tic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.

Etymology

From early New Latin scorbūticus (“pertaining to scurvy”), from scorbūtus (“scurvy”), from French scorbut, of Germanic origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more scorbutic (comparative) most scorbutic (superlative) scorbutical (alternative)

Derived Forms

scorbic scorbutically

Antonyms

antiscorbutic

Questions

What does scorbutic mean?
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.
Where does scorbutic come from?
It is traced to French.

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