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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

setaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
se-ta-ceous
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or resembling a seta or bristle; bristly.

Etymology

From Latin sētāceus, from sēta (“bristle”) + -āceus.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more setaceous (comparative) most setaceous (superlative)

Derived Forms

setaceously ultrasetaceous

Phrases

setaceous Hebrew character

Synonyms

barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setose spiny thorny

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

What does setaceous mean?
Of, relating to, or resembling a seta or bristle; bristly.
Where does setaceous come from?
From Latin sētāceus, from sēta (“bristle”) + -āceus.

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