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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

serpentigenous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ser-pentige-nous
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bred of a serpent

Obsolete

adj

Characteristic of the movement of a snake or worm; serpentine

Etymology

From Latin serpens + -entis (“a serpent”) + -genous. Compare Latin serpentigena.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more serpentigenous (comparative) most serpentigenous (superlative)

Questions

What does serpentigenous mean?
Bred of a serpent
Where does serpentigenous come from?
From Latin serpens + -entis (“a serpent”) + -genous. Compare Latin serpentigena.

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